You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.