The wise man profits by the vanity of his fellow-creatures.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other…

— Josh Billings

“You don’t own a thing unless you can give it up, what does it profit a man, it profits him nothing, it profits him…

— Stephen King

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

— Confucius

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.

— Henry David Thoreau

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

— Jack Ma

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable…

— Charles Dudley Warner

“A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.”

— George R.R. Martin

A wise man listens no matter how stupidly someone is

— Anonymous

“You are what you believe”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“He was a wise man who invented God.”

— Plato

“A wise man knows how little he knows and upon his death he drinks wisdom from an empty cup.”

— John Tarttelin

“A wise man once said nothing.”

— Anonymous

“Surely it becomes a wise man, at a time like this, to turn to the pages of prophecy and to inquire what is yet…

— Dalton Lifsey

“Things are more like they are now...than they have EVER been before!”

— Uncle Arnie Mamath