I am supposed to be an utter fool and the more I read the more of a fool they think me.

You have believed very wrongly, and I will be bound that a learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater fools.

It is better for some one to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

"What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Whoever among you thinks himself wise must become a fool to be truly wise

It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser.

The nicer I am, the more people think I'm lying.

If I am a fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

Oh, I am fortune's fool!