“Know when to speak; for many times it brings / Danger to give the best advice to kings.”

— Robert Herrick, Hesperides, 1648, "Caution in Counsel"

About Robert Herrick

1591 – 1674

English poet and cleric, author of "Hesperides".

“Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; nothing's so hard but search will find it out.”

“Love is a circle that doth restless move / In the same sweet eternity of love.”

“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”

“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.”

“Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.”

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.”

“Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.”

“Strive, and hold cheap the strain; / Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!”

“Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity.”