Counsel

The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.

— William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

— Confucius, translated by James Legge, Analects, II.15

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does.

— Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland