“Men all say, "We are wise"; but being driven forward and taken in a net, a trap, or a pitfall, they know not how to escape. Men all say, "We are wise"; but happening to choose the course of the Mean, they are not able to keep it for a round month.”

“But the wise man knows that all things are in store for him. Whatever happens, he says: “I knew it.””

“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.”

“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

“We know that men cannot be compelled to be good. They can only be prevented from being bad—a negative condition. We know from bitter experience that men cannot be forced into doing the wise thing, for such a forcement is foolishness.”

“Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something”

“The assembled souls of all that men held wise.”

“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”

“Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.”