“Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.’
–Norman Cousins
“All human wisdom is summed up in these two words–Wait and Hope.”
–Alexandre Dumas, Pere
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
–William James
“Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.”
–Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
“It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
–Henry David Thoreau