The wise man knows that he does not know; the ignoramus thinks he knows. Sp. Pr.
The wise man may strive to conquer, but he should never fight; because victory, it is observed, cannot be constant to both combatants. Hitopadesa.
The wise man moveth with one foot, and standeth fast with the other. A man should not quit one place until he hath fixed upon another. Hitopadesa.
The wise man must go to the foolish, else would his wisdom go for nought, since the foolish never come to the wise. Bodenstedt.
The wise man often shuns society for fear of 10 being bored. La Bruyère.
The wise man ought to despise glory, but not honour. Honour is but seldom where glory is, and glory almost more rarely still where honour is. Seume.
The wise man should study the acquisition of science and riches as if he were not subject to sickness and death; but to the duties of religion he should attend as if death had seized him by the hair. Hitopadesa.
The wise man will commit no business of importance to a proxy when he may do it himself. L'Estrange.
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram. Whipple.
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a 15 fool. Emerson.