Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.