wisdom
“You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay.”
“He that gives quickly gives twice.”
“No man is wise at all times, or without his blind side.”
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
“Pessimism never won any battle.”
“Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.”
“The best of seers is he who guesses well.”
“Cleverness is not wisdom.”
“Leave no stone unturned.”
“The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”
“Don't fear god; don't worry about death; what is good is easy to get; and what is terrible is easy to endure.”
“The beginning of philosophy is the consciousness of one’s own weakness and inability.”
“Everything has two handles, one by which it may be carried, the other by which it cannot.”
“Some things are in our control and others not.”
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
“Old men ought to be explorers.”
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”
“Pessimism never won any battle.”