On Foolishness

“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.” - Henry David Thoreau


“A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without progress; inquiry, without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends” - Arabian Proverb


“He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client” - Proverb


“Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.” - Robertson Davie