Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
Thomas Hobbes

The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Lin Yutang

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.
Shel Silverstein

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
King Solomon

A fool is wise in his eyes.
King Solomon

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
Moliere

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
Swami Sivananda

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
Bertolt Brecht

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.
Bertolt Brecht

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

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.
Margaret J. Wheatley

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.
Norman Lear

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Ben Jonson

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Lord Acton

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Thomas Carlyle

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
Brigham Young

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes