Wisest Quotes

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

The wisest have the most authority.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.'

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

The wisest of the wise may err.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.