Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.