The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.
Facts do not give advice.
Good places for aphorisms: in fortune cookies, on bumper stickers, and on banners flying over the Palace of Free Advice.
Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.
Of course I want to be good, but that may not be to your advantage.
To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.
The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice.
Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.