Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or…

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man,…

— Ann Radcliffe

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

— Patricia Wentworth

None are so busy as the fool and the knave.

— John Dryden

A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be…

— Anonymous

Better be a foole then a knave. [Better be a fool than a knave.]

— George Herbert

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

— Thomas Otway

“Wise is the fool who becomes a master at laughter.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“A fool conscious of her foolishness Is to that extent wise. But a fool who considers himself wise Is the one to be called…

— Anonymous

“Better to be seen as a fool while you are wise; than people to think you are wise while you are a fool.”

— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Surely,' said she, 'there is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even…

— Ann Radcliffe

Learning makes a man wise, but a fool is made all the more a fool by it.

— Vikrant Parsai

The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're…

— Eileen Myles

If you dont make mistakes, you are not wise; you are a fool.

— Vikrant Parsai

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to accept this or that idea, not only on the…

— Henry Louis Mencken

“None are so busy as the fool and knave.”

— John Dryden