Intelligence and wisdom are certainly compatible, however they are rarely seen in each other’s company.

Depend upon it, he who wishes to win the prize must come on the principle that two and two make four.

The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

Without a doubt, the most ingenious plan I could ever hope to devise would be to trade my plans for God’s.

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.

The smartest fish are still in the sea.

In the long run most short cuts are flawed - especially on journeys to 'so-called' success

The most holy cannibalism you can perform is to eat the flesh and blood of sagacity, and by sharing it with other wisdom thirsty cannibals.

We could never agree about Boogie and I didn't share Miriam's reverence for professors. In fact, just in case I haven't mentioned it before, the pride of my office wall is my framed high-school graduation certificate, lit from above. Miriam has reproached me for it. "Take it down, darling," she once pleaded. But it still hangs there.

Advantages never comes free. You have to create it the way you want it!