Addison Joseph 1672-1719
The Spectator
A woman seldom asks advice until she has bought her wedding clothes
Billings Josh 1818-1885
My advice to those who are about to begin,in earnest,the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
Billings Josh 1818-1885
When a man comes to me for advice ,I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Coleridge Samuel Taylor 1772-1834
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,and the deeper it sinks into,the mind.
Collins John Churton 1848-1908
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
Howe Edgar Watson
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Inge William R. 1860-1954
Christianity is good news; not good advice.
Jaffrey Saeed
In My Beautiful Launderette
„Take my advice, there's money in muck."
La Rochefoucauld François Duc de 1613-1680
Maxims
One gives nothing so freely as advice.
Masson Tom
'Be yourself!'is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
Montagu Lady Mary Wortley 1689-1762
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Nixon Richard 1913-1994
I let the American people down,and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life.My political life is over.I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position.Maybe I can give a little advice from time to time.
Poitiers Diane de 1499-1566
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all;and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.
Proverbs and Sayings
Maltese
Time gives good advice.
Proverbs and Sayings
Spanish
Don't offer me advice, give me money.
Punch 1841-1992
Advice to persons about to marry : 'Don't.'
Smith Hannah Whitall
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.
White E.B. 1899-1985
Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
Wilde Oscar 1854-1900
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.