“Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.”
“Wise is he who is satisfied with the spectacle of the world.”
“That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.”
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.He was a wise man who invented beer”
“Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...”
“No man is wise enough by himself.”