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.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.

What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.

What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.