“Only fool keeps mocking perseverance.”
“Above the youth's inspired and flashing eyes/I see the motley, mocking fool's-cap rise.”
“It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.”
“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.”
“It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.”
“Mimicry reassures the weak, and the envious fool takes the risk as often as the visionary who mocks the error and leave the man alone.”