Counsel

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

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

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

— Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland