Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Could I anticipate the enmity of those for whom I encountered such opposition? If they had been willing, I should have gained the victory. But the head faints when it is abandoned by the other members. If they had been wise they would have seen that in attacking me they were attacking their own privileges and serving princes to their own servitude.
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music wise, and the elegance and the way of being.
The wisest of the wise may err.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
I know that keeping aloof is not a wise thing but since I have nothing to prove, please don't depict me as an escapist.
Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
