Robert Herrick

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.