(verb) To become wise.
"He was a wise man who invented God."
"The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart."
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
"When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger."
"God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily."
"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge."
"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."
"A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none."
"Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen."
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."