The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.
There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species.
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
....try the mustard, - a man can't know what turnips are in perfection without mustard.
Nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hanged.