Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth bluntly directly and without much varnish. I am her son.

Some old men continually praise the time of their youth. In fact you would almost think that there were no fools in their days but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Power does not corrupt men fools however if they get into a position of power corrupt power.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.

Men may live fools but fools they cannot die.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows who with all their stupidity had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

For passion be it observed brings insight with it it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons fools and idiots especially during youth.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

History is an account mostly false of events mostly unimportant which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves and soldiers mostly fools.

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.