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Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.

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Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat

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Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.

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Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.

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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

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There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.

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To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

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Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

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To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.

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