Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.
God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
Great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars ...
The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this.
A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.
Busy people are never busybodies.
A busybody's work is never done.
I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.