And the good people of Hamel repeated with their counsellors, 'Leave it to the Town Counsellor.'
She had courtiers for her lovers, scholars for her friends, and philosophers for her counsellors.
All of Ozma's counsellors applauded this sentiment, for they knew well the powers of the Sorceress.
'All your rats took a jump into the river yesterday,' said he to the counsellors, 'and I guarantee that not one of them comes back.
Mindful of the old proverb that "In a multitude of counsellors there is wisdom," I place all before my friends, and those of the cat, that they may select which remedy they deem best:
Poverty and coquetry are two fatal counsellors; one scolds and the other flatters, and the beautiful daughters of the people have both of them whispering in their ear, each on its own side.