Pastoral Resources

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.

I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.

Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.