Where's the man who counsel can bestow, Still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know?

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.

Friendly counsel cuts off many foes.

"If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement round the corner, don't you believe her, don't have anything to do with her, do not go with her into the cab. It is the White Slave Traffic."

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.