Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain--and most do.
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence 1936

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues.
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanak, July 1735

He that makes an Ass of himself must not take it ill if Men ride him.
Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia: Addages and Proverbs, 1732

The fool is in everyone's Business but his own.
Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia: Addages and Proverbs, 1732

He must be a thorough fool, who can learn nothing from his own folly.
J. C. Hare and A. W. Hare, Guesses at Truth: First Series, 1827

A Fool and his money are soon spotted.
Kin Hubbard, Abe Martins Almanack, 1908

Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.
Robert Hutchins, Address, NYC, 21 January 1959

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Wilson Mizner

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can make a damn fool of yourself any old time.
Laurence Peter, Peter's Almanac, 1982

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.
Alexander Pope, An essau on Criticisim, 1711

Puck: Lord what fools the mortals be!
Shakespear, A Midsummer Nights Dream, 1595

Fools are more dangerous than Rogues.
George Bernard Shaw, The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism, 1928

A fool and his words are soon parted.
William Shenstone, (revised)Men and Maners, 1927

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884

Thes wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens.  Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to the air.
Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States, 1908