The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
The learned Fool writes his Nonsense in better Language than the unlearned; but still ’tis Nonsense.
New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
How can you make a fool perceive he is a fool? Such a personage can no more see his own folly than he can see his own ears.
He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.
He’s a Fool that cannot conceal his Wisdom.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat ’em.
Fools are my theme, let Satire be my song.
Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.
