My father has only even given me 2 bits of advice. The first and the relevant one here was delivered at about 2am when he woke me up around age 10 to tell me in a very slurry voice never to mix the grape and the grain. I have stuck to this and it has served me well, especially at formal dinners and the like. Just bring me a beer please, no wine.
His second piece of advice was that if I dropped out of college I would not be living in his house. Stuck to that one too.