It is exceedingly silly to wish to be wise all alone.[C’est une grande folie de vouloir être sage tout seul.]
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.[Il est plus aisé d’être sage pour les autres que de l’être pour soi-même.]
It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.
It is astonishing what force, purity and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Inside every lump of coal there’s a diamond waiting to get out.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
In the night all cats are gray.[translation by John Willis Clark]By night all cats are grey.[translation by John Ormsby][De noche todos los gatos son pardos.]
Ignorant people raise questions which were answered by the wise thousands of years ago.
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.
If you watch the wolf too hard, a mouse will bite you on the ankle.
