The only things that old age comes standard with: grey hair and wrinkles. Wisdom and intellect are earned.

99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it.

A huge part of culture is the painting of a particular degree or kind of foolishness as wisdom, by at least the vast majority of a particular group of fools … or mostly fools.

As if their not being smart were not unfortunate enough, most people think they are smart.

A healthy man watched what he ate. An intelligent man watched what he watched.

It is a sign of intellectual maturity to always crawl to conclusions.

We sometimes pretend to agree with a statement, as an attempt to hide the fact that we are not smart enough to understand it.

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.

Life entertains humble men by giving men with below average looks (intellect, knowledge, etc.) an above average self-esteem.