Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.

Promise is most given when the least is said.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.

Black is a pearl in a womans eye.

Danger the spur of all great minds.

Fortune the great commandress of the world Hath diverse ways to advance her followers To some she gives honor without deserving To other some deserving without honor Some wit some wealth and some wit without wealth Some wealth without wit some nor wit nor wealth.

Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

Let pride go afore shame will follow after.

Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.

News as wholesome as the morning air.

Light gains make heavy purses.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs.

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.

But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off.

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am.

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.

This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.

Never give advice in a crowd.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

I counseled many returning missionaries. I interviewed 1,700 missionaries all over the world. My advice to them is that you should study and prepare for your life's work in a field that you enjoy.