(Later), on her radio show Talk of the Town people discussed their love lives openly on air, to which she gave typically pithy but practical advice.

She developed a reputation for giving pithy advice.

Unlike many folks offering pithy advice like treat your customers well, Seth Godin offers practical advice today about showing appreciation for customers .

But it seems that certain New Jersey politicians do not need such pithy advice, since they usually say exactly what they mean.

Starting with its pithy advice to "Wear sunscreen," it sounded convincing to Mr. Vonnegut's own wife, Jill Krementz.

Yet clearly he prized pithy advice gleaned from books.

Even so, he gave a few sentences of pithy advice, very much what Gorgidas had also been thinking.

Some airline executives who have been through the Chapter 11 wringer offered pithy advice: Don't.

"It's not for me to give advice to other countries," Mr. Rumsfeld told reporters, before chiding the Germans once more with some pithy American advice.

The bulk of the book consist of pithy advice to improve the reader's game, but the author occasionally strays into sheer entertainment, as on the diagramed deal.