In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.
American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
While the doctors consult, the patient dies.
Some consultants are like the bottom half of a double boiler: They get all heated up but don't know what's cooking.