“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”

“From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.”

“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”

“Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.”

“There is no such thing as human wisdom; all is the providence of God”

“Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine”

“Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.”

“Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next”

“For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.”