E. W. Howe on wisdom

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates470–399 BC

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius551–479 BC

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.