The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is read more

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., read more

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui
n'en que faire.]

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellers there is safety.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellers there is safety.

'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."

'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."

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.

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., read more

Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur tupiter.]