“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.”
“For what says Quinapalus? Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
“The problem is you make the tricks look good. You are a brilliant acrobat, and a witty comedian. You are skillful. People want a fool to be foolish--trip on banana peels and grin and spout nonsense. These men want fools to make them feel better about themselves, not to remind them what they lack.”
“Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?"Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art."Feste: "But as well? Then you are mad indeed, if you be no better in you wits than a fool.”
“I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.”
“It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.”