To advise is not to compel.
More German Proverbs:
An ounce of a mother's wit is worth a pound of schoolgirl's wit.German
Every one must pay his debt to nature.
German
If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.
German
Who avoids small sins, does not fall into great ones.
German
Everything would be well were there not a "but."
German
He who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing.
German