Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.