Quotes About Wisdom

The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.

Mother's words of wisdom: "Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!"

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Hunger is not only the best cook, but also the best physician.

Kitchen wisdom: Count your blessings but count your calories too.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

The greatest tool for a possible and lasting freedom is EDUCATION.

So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have not yet approached freedom or tasted its nectar¦ But I do not mean by this that we ought to be shameless before all men and to do what we ought not; but all that we refrain from and all that we do, let us not do or refrain from merely because it seems to the multitude somehow honorable or base, but because it is forbidden by reason and the god within us.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

Freedom has no history.

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get wise With the sleep still in your eyes No matter what your dreams might be

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.