“Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”
“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”
“The wise speak only of what they know”
“Wise men speak only of what they know”
“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
“Oft it may be chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were heedful for the wise to know.”