I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” — Pierre-Marc-Gaston

Judge a man by it's questions, rather than his answers

Voltaire once wrote, “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Sir

"There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says "yes" you know he is a crook."

There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.

Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers. Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.

Words may show a man's wit, actions his meaning.

The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.

For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him close at hand and observe his degree of respect. He will hand him troublesome affairs and observe how well he manages them, will suddenly ask his advice and observe how wisely he answers. He will exact some difficult promise from him and see how well he keeps it, turn over funds to him and see with what benevolence he dispenses them, inform him of the danger he is in and note how faithful he is to his duties. He will get him drunk with wine and observe how well he handles himself, place him in mixed company and see what effect beauty has upon him. By applying these nine tests, you may determine who is the unworthy man.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.