Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.