Abigail Van Buren

"Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."

- Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist

Abigail Van Buren

"The best index to a person's character is a) how he treats people who can't do him any good and b) how he treats people who can't fight back."

- Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist

Abigail Van Buren

"People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes."

- Abigail van Buren, pseudonym of Pauline Phillips, advice columnist