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.
- Akhenaton

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

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
- Norman Cousins

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.
- Hermann Hesse

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
- William James

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
- Baltasar Gracian

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
- Henry David Thoreau

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
- Anatole France