“Silence is the virtue of fools.”
“Silence is the friend of the fool.”
“Silence is the best answer to a fool.”
“Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen”
“There are two kinds of Fools. The real Fool is the most sincere of mortals: the Court Fool and his kind—the trifling, jesting buffoon—but simulate the family virtue, and steal the family name, for sordid purposes.”
“It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on”