Francis Quarles Quotes

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

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

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

He travels best that knows when to return.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

Moderation in all things..

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

Yachty is very wise.