People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

More from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

• And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.
• Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.
• But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.
• But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me. The Answer
• Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Would with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen.
• Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Would with a touch that 's scarcely felt or seen. To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace. Book ii.