You can't control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.
I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong.
We should not fool ourselves. We are not one of the world's top teams any more.
Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights.
Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.