wisdom
“Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.”
“Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.”
“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”
“Loss, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not.”
“Perfection, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence.”
“Electricity, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.”
“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
“Contempt, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.”
“Consult, v.i. To seek another’s disapproval of a course already decided on.”
“Connoisseur, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.”
“Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think.”
“Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.”
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
“Expect poison from the standing water.”
“Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.”
“The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.”
“The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.”
“The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.”
“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”