Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where read more

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where several worthies make one dignity,
Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.

With all thy sober charms possest,
Whose wishes never learnt to stray.