A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.