The cautious seldom err.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
I warn you not to accept military advice too easily.
The only soldier ever so honored
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
I have always let my heart rule my head, but if I could rewind and start afresh I would listen to my mother. I would agree and follow whatever she told me.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
Always follow good counsels.
Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.
History counsels caution.
Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.
I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter.
The scars of others should teach us caution.
Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.
Students ask me what is the best advice you could give me? And I say, 'Your mother's right.'
Listen to advice from people who have been there and done that. It is so hard to believe that when you are young, but parents, mentors, teachers, they can all be so valuable when it comes to advice.
Boys and girls, have confidence in the direction and counsel and advice of your parents and grandparents who love you more than anybody else in the world does.
Some of the best things in my life have happened to me because I listened to my mother. And some of the worst things in my life have happened to me because I listened to my mother.
The ancients called happy those who learned caution from the danger of others
Frederick II Hohenstaufen
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
Better take counsel early than repent late.
