WISDOM

* 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 - Confucius

* Wisdom begins in wonder - Socrates

* The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing - Socrates

* A prudent question is one-half of wisdom - Francis Bacon

* Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers - Alfred Lord Tennyson

* The doors of wisdom are never shut - Benjamin Franklin

* Wisdom begins at the end - Daniel Webster

* To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom - Bertrand Russell

* We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future - George Bernard Shaw

HUMOR

* Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.Mark Twain
* Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.John Kenneth Galbraith
* Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.Francis Bacon
* Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds.William James
* Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.Peter Ustinov
* Humor is just another defense against the universe.Mel Brooks
* Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, humor is truth.Victor Borge
* A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.Henry Ward Beecher
* I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.Frank A. Clark
* Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.Agnes Repplier