Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.