The wise by Sakya Pandita.

Wise people who have a treasury of virtue gather in jewels of wise sayings. since the great ocean is a treasury of streams, all rivers flow into.

The wise understand good sayings through their "intelligence", but others do not. when rising sun's rays shine forth, the ghost birds are blinded.

Though people of great wisdom become poor, their understanding waxes strong; when the king of the beasts, the lion grows hungry, it can destroy an elephant.

If you do not seek out and question wise people, their depths remain unfathomed. Until you beat a drum with a stick, how will you know what difference is there from others?

The world is illuminated by a single wise person who has acquired all virtues and attained the highest knowledge. But like dim stars, even whole mulitudes of people who are learned but of weak understanding cannot brighten it.

Although wise people have immeasurable learning, they accept even the petty learning of others. by always acting thus, they quickly attain the state of an Knowing "One".

Wise people protect themselves with wisdom, so none of their enemies can harm them. The brahmin son of Ujjayini destroyed all of his many enemies by himself.

You may be brave and mighty, but without wisdom you achieve no glory. You may obtain wealth, but without merit how would it last?

Everybody clearly knows what is good and bad, but only the wise can distinguish them when they are mixed together. Anyone can get milk from a cow, but only swans can separate milk from water.

If you are thoughtful, even when they don't speak you can understand others through their actions. It is well known that Nepali knows a pomegranate's flavour by its colour, without having to taste.

You are considered wise when you know that the wise know. Fools may be skilled in judging a cow's age, but this is no great accomplishment.

Wise people fully accept good sayings even from children. If from the navel of a deer there emerges a good fragrance, you should inhale the musk.

Sakya Pandita.