Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him read more

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow read more

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be read more

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Wise people talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.