The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. – Hannah Whitall Smith

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. – Proverb

To advise is not to compel. – Proverb