He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do; and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

-Ascham, Roger
  Toxophilus,'To all Gentlemen andYeomen of England'.

   And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Samuel17:23.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job 38:2^4.

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 73:23^6.

Who cannot give good counsel? 'tis cheap, it costs them nothing.

-Burton, Robert pseudonym DemocritusJunior
Anatomy of Melancholy, pt.2, section 3, member1, subsection1.

Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel takeöand sometimes tea.

-Pope, Alexander
  The Rape of the Lock, canto 3, l.7^8.

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

-Vaughan, Henry
  Silex Scintillans,'The Garland'.