“The gretest clerkes ben not the wisest men.”

“The wisest men follow their own direction.”

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”

“A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.”

“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”

“The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.”

“Only men you can count on these days are Ben and Jerry.”

“Condorcet's Life of Turgot; a book well calculated to rouse the best sort of enthusiasm, since it contains one of the wisest and noblest of lives, delineated by one of the wisest and noblest of men.”

“What is a lond wher men ben none?
What ben the men whiche are alone
Withoute a kinges governance?
What is a king in his ligance,
Wher that ther is no lawe in londe?
What is to take lawe on honde,
Bot if the jugges weren trewe?”

“And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben,
Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when
The world was worthy of such men.”