“Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.”

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

“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”

“The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.”

“When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets."”

“A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.”

“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“No man was ever wise by chance.”