What makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
What can be more foolish than a good-natured simpleton?[Что может быть глупее глупого добряка?]
There’s no fool like an old fool.
The young people think the old people are fools; but the old people know the young people are fools!
The wise in all ages have always said the same things, and the fools, who at all times form the immense majority, have in their way too acted alike, and done just the opposite; and so it will continue.
The loyalty well held to fools does make our faith mere folly.
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
The fool who recognizes that he is a fool is no longer a fool.[Дурак, сознавшийся, что он дурак, есть уже не дурак!]
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam.[Trans.]The fool raises his voice in laughter.
Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns.
