"One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything."
- Oscar Wilde
"When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue!"
- Israelmore Ayivor
"Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than go..."
- Tom Robbins
"Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds before impact."
- Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power."
- Amit Kalantri
"Our best-laid plans are often our worst-made decisions."
"That we may not fall short of desire, but let us give way to the unspoken passion hidden in the closet of our discretion. (“Crépuscule du désir”)"
- Erik Pevernagie
"Miss Benson had the power; which some people have, of carrying her wishes through to fulfillment; her will was strong, her sense was excellent, and people yielded to her – they did not know why."
- Elizabeth Gaskell
"We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!"
"But nothing will persuade me that the mere fact of being in a place is enough in itself to justify the effort of getting out of bed to become a tourist, or even a traveller. I don't have the slightest..."
- Jenny Diski