There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool

Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool

A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.