Advice,"Doña Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a s... - Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

"Advice,"Doña Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at seventy and you're a sage."