To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. John Churton Collins Adventure must be held in delicate fingers. It should be handled, not embraced. It should be sipped, not swallowed at a gulp. Ashley Dukes, The Man with a Load of Mischief (1924) I hate middle age. Too young for the bowling green, too old for Ecstasy. Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, television series We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1678)
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680) Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. Henri-Frédéric Amiel History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Abba Eban
Israeli (S. African-born) diplomat & politician (1915 - 2002) The angry man always thinks he can do more than he can. Albertano of Brescia, Liber Consolationis Animals are always loyal and love you, whereas with children you never know where you are. Christina Foyle, The Times (1993) Beware the fury of a patient man. John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
English dramatist & poet (1631 - 1700) It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. P. G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs (1914)
British humorist & novelist in US (1881 - 1975) | 
