F.—Mine ears are drunken!
PH.—The essential quality of an ass is asininity.
F.—Divine philosophy!
PH.—As commonly employed, "stupidity" and "asininity" are convertible terms.
F.—That I, unworthy, should have lived to see this day!
II.
FOOL.—If I were a doctor—
DOCTOR.—I should endeavour to be a fool.
F.—You would fail; folly is not easily achieved.