1. counsel - Noun
2. counsel - Verb
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.
To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe first degree of folly is to conceit one's self wise the second to profess it the third to despise counsel. Benjamin Franklin
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.' Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.' Winston Churchill
Counsel before action. Dutch Proverb
Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse. Dutch Proverb
Anger hears no counsel. German Proverb