(verb) To become wise.
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
"A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none."
"The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot."
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know."
"Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall."
"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge."
"To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know."
"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."
"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
"The wise warrior avoids the battle."