The wind that has its nest in trees. J. M. Barrie.
The winds and the waves are always on the 25 side of the ablest navigators. Gibbon.
The winter of our discontent. Rich. III., i. 1.
The wisdom of life is in preventing all the evil we can, and using what is inevitable to the best purpose. Ruskin.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures and directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answers. William Penn.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages may be preserved by quotation. Isaac Disraeli.
The wise are instructed by reason, ordinary 30 minds by experience, the stupid by necessity, and brutes by instinct. Cic.
The wise are polite all the world over, but fools are only polite at home. Goldsmith.
The wise are those who travel through error to truth; the foolish are those who persist in their error. Rückert.
The wise grumbler ... is a public benefactor. John Wagstaffe.