Sophocles

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”

“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”

“A short saying oft contains much wisdom.”

“Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.”

“Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.”

“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”

“Numberless are the worlds wonders, but none more wonderful than man.”