"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom"

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"Nature and wisdom never are at strife"

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom"

"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart"

"The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs,
which are brief and pithy"

"Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best"

"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"