Touchstone

a clown in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Touchstone is a fool by profession, but he is a wise fool, and a favorite character. He mocks the evils and follies of court life, as they are suggested in contrast with the free life of the forest. He weds Audrey, the country maid.

Touchstone is a rare fellow. He is a mixture of the ancient cynic philosopher, with the modern buffoon, and turns folly into wit and wit into folly, just as the fit takes him.--Hazlitt.