The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
Get the advice of everybody whose advice is worth having - they are very few - and then do what you think best yourself.
I've had good publishers and bad publishers, and you've got to learn when the advice is sensible and when it's not.
Not everyone is worth listening to.
You have to be careful of the advice you take.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
