To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.