As whole caravans may light their lamps from one candle without exhausting it, so myriads of tribes may gain wisdom from the great Book without impoverishing it.—Rabbi Ben-Azai.
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquillity and peace.—Cicero.
Wisdom consists not in seeing what is directly before us, but in discerning those things which may come to pass.—Terence.
That man strangely mistakes the manner of spirit he is of who knows not that peaceableness, and gentleness, and mercy, as well as purity, are inseparable characteristics of the wisdom that is from above; and that Christian charity ought never to be sacrificed even for the promotion of evangelical truth.—Bishop Mant.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.—Psalm 90:12.
Wit.—I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.—Madame de Sévigné.
Witticisms never are agreeable, which are injurious to others.—From the Latin.
Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit and flavor and brightness and laughter and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to "charm his pained steps over the burning marle."—Sydney Smith.
Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.—Bishop Horne.
Wit consists in assembling, and putting together with quickness, ideas in which can be found resemblance and congruity, by which to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy.—Locke.