Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms

There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool

Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit