Philip Sidney Quotes

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

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.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

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

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

I've learned when to speak out. You do have to learn when to bide your time and when to speak out, and I don't always get it right.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

He travels best that knows when to return.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

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

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

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.