Sir Walter Raleigh

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?

If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.