Careful Words

foolery (n.)

  Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

John Selden (1584-1654): Table Talk. Pope.

  The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.

  Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.