Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

To be satisfied with a little is the greatest wisdom and he that increaseth his riches increaseth his cares but a contented mind is a hidden treasure and trouble findeth it not.

If I don't have wisdom I can teach you only ignorance.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

There is a wisdom of the head and a wisdom of the heart.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

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

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Knowing others is wisdom knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain and that is to increase taxes.

They whom truth and wisdom lead can gather honey from a weed.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

It is essential to employ trust and reward those whose perspective ability and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare for it requires uncommon humility tolerance and wisdom.