Sophocles

"A short saying often contains much wisdom."

"Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them."

"Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness."

"Much wisdom often goes with fewer words."

"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

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

"Quick decisions are unsafe decisions."

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

"If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink."