Louis XIV Quotes

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

Work all by counsel and you shall not rue.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Good council has no price.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

Is that wise, darling? Remember you have to reign all afternoon

O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns your fate better than you yourself.

Wisdom is exercised in the choices you make.

Thrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.

I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of things. But what I do know is that he behaves like a very, very sane man almost all the time.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

A wise man should constantly discharge the paramount duties, but not always the minor ones; for he who does not discharge the former, while he obeys the latter alone, becomes an outcast.