A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain — and most fools do.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.
Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived.