“4693. The older a Fool is, the worse he is.”

“5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.”

“Life is not fair…Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.”

“The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With the grand opportunities all around for the man with a political pull, there’s no excuse for stealin’ a cent. p. 32”

“He who poses as a fool is not a fool.”

“Who would be such a fool as to make advances to his reader, advances which might end in rejection or, worse still, in acceptance?”

“I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others -- The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad.”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

“There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.”

“She wanted to test her husband.
She knew exactly what to do:
A pseudonym to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.”