We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
One fool at least in every married couple.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.