A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
No man was ever wise by chance.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.