Advice The Best Actor.

Still take advice; though counsels, when they fly
At random, sometimes hit most happily.

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is known for his book of poems, "Hesperides," which includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." His works are noted for their clarity, simplicity, and musical quality. Herrick was also a vicar of Dean Prior in Devon, despite being ejected during the English Civil War and later reinstated.

Robert Herrick

English

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Caution In Counsel.

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

Robert Herrick

Choose For The Best.

Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known
Virtue and pleasure both to dwell in one.

Robert Herrick

Counsel.

'Twas Cæsar's saying: Kings no less conquerors are
By their wise counsel, than they be by war.

Robert Herrick

To His Book (2)

Take mine advice, and go not near
Those faces, sour as vinegar;
For these, and nobler numbers, can
Ne'er please the supercilious man.

Robert Herrick

Consultation.

Consult ere thou begin'st; that done, go on
With all wise speed for execution.

Robert Herrick

The Power In The People.

Let kings command and do the best they may,
The saucy subjects still will bear the sway.

Robert Herrick