Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
There comes a time in every man's life when he must make way for an older man.
No man is ever old enough to know better.
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.
Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.
It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.
I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my age.