Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered. Bacon.
Wise sayings are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. John Morley.
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform. Pope. 45
Wise, well-calculated breeding of a young soul lies fatally over the horizon in these epochs. Carlyle.
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. Rom. and Jul., ii. 3.
Wishing, of all employments, is the worst. Young.
Wissen ist leichter als thun—To know is easier than to do. Ger. Pr.
Wit and judgment often are at strife, / Though 50 meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Pope.
Wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. Goldsmith.
Wit and wisdom are born with a man. Selden.