George Savile Quotes on Wisdom
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Children and fools want everything, because they want wit to distinguish; there is no stronger evidence of a crazy understanding than the making too large a catalogue of things unneccesary.
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Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.
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In this Age, when it is said of a man, 'He knows how to live,' it may be implied he is not very honest.
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Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
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Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.
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Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
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The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.