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| Affectation of wisdom often prevents us from becoming wise. | 1 |
| A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. | 2 |
| An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom. French. | 3 |
| An ounce of wisdom is worth a pound of wit. | 4 |
By wisdom wealth is won,
But riches purchased wisdom yet for none. Bayard Taylor. | 5 |
| Both folly and wisdom come upon us with years. | 6 |
| He is oft the wisest man who is not wise at all. Wordsworth. | 7 |
| He is well onward in the way of wisdom, who can bear a reproof and mend by it. | 8 |
| In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare. Homer. | 9 |
| It is a great point of wisdom to find out one’s own folly. | 10 |
| It is a mark of wisdom to dislike folly. | 11 |
| It is best to learn wisdom by the experience of others. Latin. | 12 |
| It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man’s life. Cicero. | 13 |
| Learn wisdom by the folly of others. Italian. | 14 |
| Man’s chief wisdom consists in knowing his follies. Rochefoucauld. | 15 |
| Many appear wise who are fools in folio. German. | 16 |
| My son, thou knowest not how little wisdom goeth to the management of the world. The Painter Rubens. | 17 |
| Of money, wit and wisdom, believe one fourth of what you hear. | 18 |
No man is blest by accident or guess,
True wisdom is the price of happiness. Young. | 19 |
| That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. Dutch. | 20 |
| The greatest wisdom in man consists in knowing his follies. French. | 21 |
| The next thing to having wisdom ourselves is to profit by that of others. | 22 |
| The only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom. Langford. | 23 |
| ’Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly. | 24 |
| ’Tis wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. | 25 |
| Too much wisdom is folly. German. | 26 |
| Well goes the case where wisdom counsels. | 27 |
| What is not wisdom is danger. | 28 |
| When passion entereth at the foregate, wisdom goeth out at the postern. | 29 |
| When wisdom fails luck helps. Danish. | 30 |
| When one is wise two are happy. | 31 |
| Wisdom adorns riches and shadows poverty. Socrates. | 32 |
| Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile. Shakespeare. | 33 |
| Wisdom and honor are the avenues to a happy immortality. Plato. | 34 |
| Wisdom asks fruits but folly flowers. | 35 |
| Wisdom at proper times will forget. Horace. | 36 |
| Wisdom don’t always speak in Greek and Latin. | 37 |
| Wisdom goes not always by years. | 38 |
| Wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead. | 39 |
| Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. Sri Lankan. | 40 |
| Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it. | 41 |
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more,
Knowledge is proud that he knows so much. Cowper. | 42 |
| Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. | 43 |
| Wisdom is better than gold or silver. German. | 44 |
| Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy. | 45 |
| Wisdom is only in truth. Goethe. | 46 |
| Wisdom is overshadowed by wine. Pliny the Elder. | 47 |
| Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. Juvenal. | 48 |
| Wisdom is the least burdensome travelling pack. Danish. | 49 |
| Wisdom is the mother of all arts. German. | 50 |
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| Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul. German. | 51 |
| Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. Rochefoucauld. | 52 |
| Wisdom never lies. Homer. | 53 |
| Wisdom prefers an unjust peace to a just war. | 54 |
| Wisdom provides things necessary not superfluous. Solon. | 55 |
| Wisdom rides on the ruin of folly. | 56 |
| Wisdom sometimes walks in clouted shoes. | 57 |
| Wisdom was the daughter of Knowledge by Reflection; Wit was the son of Genius by Mirth. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 58 |
| Wisdom without knowledge is mere cozenage. Ben Jonson. | 59 |
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