A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.