What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

The more I see the less I know for sure.

A smart man isn't necessarily one who knows all the answers, but knows where to find them.

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.