Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

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

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.