2. You have as little to fear from an undeserved curseas from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.
3. A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat—and a stick for the back of fools!
4. Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool;you’ll only look foolish yourself.
5. Answer a fool in simple termsso he doesn’t get a swelled head.
6. You’re only asking for troublewhen you send a message by a fool.
7. A proverb quoted by foolsis limp as a wet noodle.
8. Putting a fool in a place of honoris like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
9. To ask a moron to quote a proverbis like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.
10. Hire a fool or a drunkand you shoot yourself in the foot.
11. As a dog eats its own vomit,so fools recycle silliness.
12. See that man who thinks he’s so smart?You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
13. Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there!Tigers are prowling the streets!”and then pull the covers back over their heads.