Men

Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief

Which they themselves not feel.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.

With grave

Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd

A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven

Deliberation sat, and public care;

And princely counsel in his face yet shone,

Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood,

With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear

The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look

Drew audience and attention still as night

Or summer's noontide air.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 300.

Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,

Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 7.

For iii may keep a counsel if twain be away.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400): The Ten Commandments of Love.

Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. v.

Let no man value at a little price

A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit

Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.

George Chapman (1557-1634): The Gentleman Usher. Act iv. Sc. 1.