“Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
To believe in the good in man.”

“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.”

“Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.”

“To some the powers of bloody war belong,
To some, sweet music, and the charm of song;
To few, and wondrous few, has Jove assigned
A wise, extensive, all-considering mind.”

“That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.”

“Wisdom, Power and Goodness meet
In the bounteous field of wheat.”

“Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.”

“Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever
One grand, sweet song.”

“Poverty and Genius were coupled by the wisdom of Providence for wise and good ends, no doubt”

“The heart of Man is not compound of lies,
but draws some wisdom from the only Wise.”