Our wisdom comes from our experience,and our experience comes from our foolishness.

[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.

Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted.

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.

A wise person is silent and rarely wants to show his wisdom. A fool is always vocal and uses every opportunity to show his foolishness.

Madness is witlessness's.

The madness in the heart is the state of mind.

One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business.

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

Give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.

... there are no fools ...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.