Wisdom Quotes

"Believe me, I am not a woman to be easily made happy."

"A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"Do not give way to useless alarm."

"Let me not be hasty in my judgment."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived—in which case you fail by default."

"The highest wisdom is to understand that life is fundamentally tragic."

"The presence of the problem does not necessarily mean the absence of the solution."

"Suffering is the one thing people will do anything to avoid."

"To be alive is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words—Wait and Hope."

"When one does not know what to do, it is best to do nothing."

"I have learned that suffering can ennoble the human spirit."

"Suffering is a great teacher, though a harsh one."

"I have learned to forgive, though not to forget."

"I know who I am, and who I may be, if I choose."

"All that glisters is not gold."

"Hunger is the best sauce."

"Better a living dog than a dead lion."

"Haste is the mother of error."

"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."

"Conscience is the voice within us."

"Duty and desire are often at odds."

"Understanding another requires surrendering judgment."

"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence"

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching"

"Life is a series of tests and trials; the wise man learns from them."

"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first."

"You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous."

"Better to be without sense than to misapply it as you do."

"There is a remedy for everything except death."