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Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

Bosom upon my counsel, You'll find it wholesome.

Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

No one wants advice -- only corroboration.

To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.

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

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.

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

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

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

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say, this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

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.