I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.