If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

Then sing as Martin Luther sang:"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,He is a fool his whole life long!"

A man -- I let the truth out --
Who's had almost every tooth out,
Cannot sing as once he sang,
When he was young as you are young,
When he was young and lutes were strung,
And love-lamps in the casement hung.

'Tis strange what a man may do and a woman yet think him an angel