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

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and meditative.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.