Penny wise and pound foolish.
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
Foresight could make wise men of durraman's donkeys.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be.
A wise man, a strong man.
Every one is wise after the event.
Fools build houses, wise men buy them.
No one is wise enough to advise himself.
Nobody so wise but has a little folly to spare.
The wise drunkard is a sober fool.
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
When the lords come out of the council-house, they are wiser than when they went in.
Where there no fools, there would be no wise men.
A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
A foolish fox is caught by one leg, but a wise one by all four.
A little nod is enough for the wise man; an ass needs a fist.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
A prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others.
A quiet tongue shows a wise head.
A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
A still tongue makes a wise head.
A still tongue maketh a wise head.
A strong man masters others. A truly wise man masters himself.
A wise and an understanding heart.
A wise and prudent person is not thrown into confusion by reproach; but is like the flame, which, when stirred, ascends higher and higher.
