A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
A fool is wise in his eyes.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.