...turned astonished eyes to Miss Cynthia. "Then— why?" "My dear," the old lady answered, irrelevantly, "a fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in a week. Why does old cheese lie still in Winter and promenade all around the kitchen in Summer? Why...

...will laugh when he is drowning. — English Fools build houses and wise men live in them. — English A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour. — American A fool is like other men as long as he is silent. — American A fool talks most when...

...his money are easily parted A fool at forty is a fool indeed A fool believes everything - and nothing A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour A fool may give a wise man counsel A fool may throw into a well a stone which a hundred wise men cannot...

...begets a rogue, and a beautiful woman an ugly monster?" "Well, well,; I see, I see; as the old saw says, a fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man, or a good wife, can answer in seven years. But if you will promise not to jab me under the ribs with...