Advices

1. Advice is like castor oil-easy enough to give, but difficult to take.
   _Anonymous.

2. Have marked respect for the older captains, consult them frequentiy,
    show them friendship and confidence. Be the support, the friend, the
    father of the young officers; love the old sergeants and soldiers; speak
    to them often and always with good will, even seek their advice from
    time to time.
    _Marshal de Belle-Isle, Letter to his son


3. If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, pick it up. If you can't pick it up,
    paint it.
     _British Army proverb.

4. Advice is seldom tvetcame; and those who want it the most always like
    it the least.
    _Earl of Chesterfield, Letter to his son, 29 January 1748

5. We are all wise for other people, none for himself.
    _Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it.
    _German proverb

7. Many receive advice, few profit by it.
    _Pubtilius Syrus, Moral Sayings, circa first century B.C.

8. We may give advice, but we cannot inspire conduct.
    _Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
     Maximes, 1665

9. Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
    _Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
      Reflections, 1678

10.Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve
     greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
     _William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, 

       Act II, Scene v, 1600

11.In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
    _Solon of Athens

12.No enemy is worse than bad advice.
   _Sophocles
     Electra, circa 415 B.C.