If you rest, you rust.
Plodding wins the race.
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
A sage has one advantage; he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.
A wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interests than it is theirs to find his weak point.
A wise man, to accomplish his end, may even carry his foe on his shoulder.
Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.
Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion.
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.
Never since the time of Copernicus have so many experts been so wrong so often with so little humility.
Night is the mother of counsels.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.