Stupidity

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them

The wise does at once what the fool does at last

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity

A fool and his money are soon parted

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficult

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action

They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable