“An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.”

“A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.”

“those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin.”

“The award for excessive success is eternal doubt and eventual failure.""So what, it's stupid to even try?""No. It's unwise to hope."- Something Like Stardust”

“In order to be wise, we cannot expect yesterday's wise decision to relieve us from the necessity and responsibility to make wise decisions today.”

“All I have learned in life really just boils down to this: there is only one difference between the so-called wise and the so-called foolish...and between those who are truly happy and those who are not. Those who are wise - and those who are happy - embrace and appreciate life. Those who are unhappy and unwise do not. That is all; that is the only difference.”