Quotes About Wisdom

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor, and shun the zoo, Women and elephants never forget.

We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Who loves not wine, women and song, Remains a fool his whole life long.

Among men the barber is cunning; among birds the crow; among beasts the jackal; and among women, the malin (flower girl).

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.

From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents; from 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. I'm saving my money.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

It's not the things you don't know that fool you. It's the things you do know that ain't so.

Short judgments make long friends.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than book or orator.

These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Love teaches a man what he is. Hate teaches him what he is not.