Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

Paying the high cost of education is better than paying the high price of ignorance.

Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.

Arm yourself with wisdom,arm yourself with knowledge;folly is a fierce lion roaming the streets.

Wisdom’s slaves are better than folly’s kings.

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.

Folly and evil are twins;the devil is their father,and wisdom is their enemy.

Folly, like its consequences, is dreadful.Wisdom, like its rewards, is great.

Wisdom is simple but profound.Folly, even when complex, is stupid.

Where there is wisdom there is life,and where there is evil there is death.Folly is your enemy and so are fools;wisdom is your friend and so are the wise.

It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly.

To forsake wisdom is to seek folly,to seek folly is to seek evil,to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil,and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death.

Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history;nature, second.Folly is the worst speaker in history;fools, second.

The greatest prison in the universe is an ignorant mind.