—F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby
No one wants advice, only corroboration.
—John Steinbeck in The Winter of Our Discontent
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.