Give neither advice nor salt until you are asked for it.

Meaning: Offer advice only when it's asked for; unsolicited counsel is rarely welcome.

Origin: From 'A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases' (1870). Public domain.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• What every one asks, what every one gives, but what very few take--advice. — Everyone seeks and gives advice, yet almost no one actually follows it.
• Two of a trade seldom agree. — Rivals in the same business rarely agree; competition breeds friction between them.
• Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot. — Sickness arrives suddenly but lingers, leaving far more slowly than it came.
• None knows the weight of another's burden. — No one can truly feel how heavy another person's troubles are.
• April and May are the keys of the year. — Spring's weather sets the course for the whole year's growth and harvest.
• Argus at home, but a mole abroad. — Sharp-eyed over one's own household, yet blind to everything beyond it.

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