Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance.