He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do; and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

-Ascham, Roger
  Toxophilus,'To all Gentlemen andYeomen of England'.

It is not granted to man to love and to be wise.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  The Advancement of Learning, bk.2.

   There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  Essays, no.12,'Of Boldness'.

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  Essays, no.17,'Of Superstition'.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  Essays, no.22,'Of Cunning'.

Historiesmakemenwise; poets, witty; themathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  Essays, no.50,'Of Studies'.

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

-Beattie,James
The Minstrel, bk.1, stanza16.

Heureux, qui comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, Ou comme cestuy la'   qui conquit la toison, Et puis est retourne¤  , plein d'usage et raison, Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son a"  ge! Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has taken a wondrous journey Or has won the Golden Fleece, And then returns home wise and useful To live in his homeland the rest of his days.

-Bellay,Joachim du
  Les Regrets, no.31.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job 32:9.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs 6:6.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs 29:11.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Ecclesiastes 4:13.

   And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as thestarsforeverand ever.Butthou,ODaniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Daniel12:3^4.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying,Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 2:1^2.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built hishouseupona rock: And theraindescended, and thefloodscame, and thewindsblew, and beat uponthat house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 7:24^7.

Behold,I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew10:16.

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.Benot wise inyourown conceits.Recompenseto no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Romans12:16^19.

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

To reform a world, to reform a nation no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

-Carlyle,Thomas
  Signs of the Times.

Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise.

-Dryden,John
Absalom and  Achitophel, pt.1, l.114^15.