“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.”

“There is no wisdom in the words themselves. Wisdom resides in your imagination, or in the mental image that you generate within your mind.”

“There is no wisdom in the words themselves. Wisdom resides in your imagination, or in the mental image that you generate within your mind.”

“To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.”

“Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.”

“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
clear, transparent, pure.
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:
dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”

“Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.”

“There is a wisdom of the Head, and … there is a wisdom of the Heart.”

“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.”

“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.”