Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
Anacharsis

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
Twyla Tharp

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Grantland Rice

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

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
John le Carre

It's a wise thing to hold back.
Julian Clary

A wise man's question contains half the answer.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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

Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.
George Mason

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
Thomas Fuller

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Thomas Fuller

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Thomas Fuller

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
Thomas Fuller

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

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

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

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
Helen Rowland

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