Advice Text Messages

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. – Margaret Fuller

Bitter are the tears of a child: Sweeten them.
Deep are the thoughts of a child: Quiet them.
Sharp is the grief of a child: Take it from him.
Soft is the heart of a child: Do not harden it..

But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one you’ll become a philosopher. – Socrates

Distrust interested advice.

Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

Don’t give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.

Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.

Don’t fight forces; use them.