“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”

“The wise man dies no better or more wisely than the fool. In what way, then, is the wise man wise?”

“Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view.”

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”

“Man is more than an animal only in that he finds expression for the beautiful.”

“Nothing will a man rue more than refusal to listen to the wise.”

“The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.”

“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”

“In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.”
in pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello