His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet.
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
'Tis folly to be wise.
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.
That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.