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.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

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

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

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be read more

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.

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

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