The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false the second, to know that which is true. – Lactantius

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. – Honore de Balzac

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Fathers power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel. – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola