“Only fool! Only poet!
Merely speaking colorfully,
From fools' masks shouting colorfully,
Climbing about on deceptive word-bridges,
On misleading rainbows,
Between false heavens
Rambling, lurking —
Only fool! Only poet!”

“Only a fool has no regrets and I'm not a fool.”

“I see you laugh, and rightly so. What is this silly old fool rambling on about? Good for you. Never respect years, only deeds.”

“They are fools who kiss and tell'--
Wisely has the poet sung.
Man may hold all sorts of posts
If he'll only hold his tongue.”

“Only a fool took a remote from a god.”

“Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool,
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.”

“Only a fool is not afraid.”

“Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise — when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter.”

“Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.”

“Only fools get to join.”