The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., read more

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui
n'en que faire.]

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't read more

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.

Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., read more

Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur tupiter.]

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellers there is safety.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of
counsellers there is safety.

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

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

If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: read more

If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children".