"For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow."

"You may as well Forbid the sea for to obey the moon As or by oath remove or counsel shake The fabric of his folly."

"I hold him but a fool that will endanger His body for a girl that loves him not."

"Marry, sir, they praise me and make an ass of me; now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass; so that by my foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself."

"This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit."

"To wisdom he's a fool that will not yield."

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

"The fool hath planted in his memory An army of good words; and I do know A many fools, that stand in better place, Garnish'd like him, that for a tricksy word Defy the matter."

"A fool's bolt is soon shot."

"How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!"

"Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us."

"Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool nowhere but in 's own house."

"Fools are not mad folks."

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

"I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad: and to travel for it too!"

"O noble fool! A worthy fool! Motley's the only wear."

"A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool; a miserable world! As I do live by food, I met a fool; Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun."

"Sir, for a quart d'écu he will sell the fee-simple of his salvation, the inheritance of it; and cut the entail from all remainders."

"Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom."

"Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish."

"(Hud) said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."

"And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know (it) not."

"A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him."

"Die and endow a college or a cat."

"Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it."

"The fool is happy that he knows no more."

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so."

"So by false learning is good sense defac'd; Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools."

"The rest on outside merit but presume, Or serve (like other fools) to fill a room."

"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow."

"The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'l rule) To every critter born of woman."