Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.

Quote by John Abernethy

Topics: Advice Quotes

Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure...

Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a...

My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is...

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best...

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this...

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you dont change it, you'll never...

A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you dont change it, you'll never...

Never worry about when what you do isn't enough for someone. You doing your best...

Never worry about when what you do isn't enough for someone. You doing your best...

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility...

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility...

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

No vice is so bad as advice

No vice is so bad as advice

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into...

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into...

There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they...

There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they...