If what most men admire, they would despise, 'Twould look as if mankind were growing wise

Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them

Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred