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Advice: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. A Village Feast.

C. Evening. L. 917. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthened, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.— BURNS — Tam o' Shanter. L. 33.

And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser.— BURNS — Epistle to a Young Friend.

She had a good opinion of advice, Like all who give and eke receive it gratis, For which small thanks are still the market price, Even where the article at highest rate is.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto XV. St. 29.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.— GEORGE CHAPMAN — The Gentleman Usher. Act IV. Sc. 1.

'Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good."— GEORGE CRABBE — The Learned Boy. Vol. V. Tale XXI.

For women with a mischief to their kind, Pervert with bad advice our better mind.— DRYDEN — Cock and Fox. Line 555.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings.— HERRICK — Caution in Councell.

We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maxim 403.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.— POPE — Essay on Criticism. L. 578.

Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 112.

Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat. Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.— HORACE — Ars Poetica. CCCXXXVII.

Quidquid præcipies esto brevis. Whatever advice you give, be short.— HORACE — Ars Poetica. CCCXXXV.

Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus, Et perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter. Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains and are laughed to scorn.— PHEDRUS — Fabulæ. I. 25.

Facile omnes, quum valemus, recta consilia ægrotis damus. We all, when we are well, give good advice to the sick.— TERENCE — Andria. II. 1. 9.

Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important. A fop sometimes gives important advice.— BOILEAU — L'Art Poétique. IV. 50.

Vom sichern Port lässt sich's gemächlich rathen. One can advise comfortably from a safe port.— SCHILLER — Wilhelm Tell. I. 1. 146.

No adventures mucho tu riqueza Por consejo de ome que ha pobreza. Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.