The clouds may drop down titles and estates, both may seek us; but wisdom must be sought.—Young.
True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.—Humphreys.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding: for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is every one that retaineth her.—Prov. 3:13-18.
The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.—Simms.
Where the eye of pity weep,
And the sway of passion sleeps,
Where the lamp of faith is burning,
And the ray of hope returning,
Where the "still small voice" within
Whispers not of wrath or sin,
Resting with the righteous dead—
Beaming o'er the drooping head—
Comforting the lowly mind,
Wisdom dwelleth—seek and find.
The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.—Lactantius.
Seek wisdom where it may be found. Seek it in the knowledge of God, the holy, the just and the merciful God, as revealed to us in the gospel; of Him who is just, and yet the justifier of them that believe in Jesus.—Archdeacon Raikes.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.
—Wordsworth.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow.—Saadi.
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.—La Rochefoucauld.