Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
Fernando Pessoa

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
Samuel Butler

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord Chesterfield

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
Stendhal

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Lord Chesterfield

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Lord Chesterfield

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
Geoffrey Chaucer

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
Sidney Sheldon

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Harper Lee

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Sam Levenson

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.
John Lubbock

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Sholom Aleichem