astute judgment Quotes

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

But am I clever and right or clever and wrong?

There is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by the dullest sort of men, and in common speech called discretion; a species of lower prudence, by the assistance of which, people of the meanest intellectuals, without any other qualification, pass through the world in great tranquillity, and with universal good treatment, neither giving nor taking offence.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation.

The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly.

We easily enough confess in others an advantage of courage, strength, experience, activity, and beauty; but an advantage in judgment we yield to none.

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.