Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Anothers bread costs deare.

Anothers bread costs deare.

Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

He who fears his servants is less than a servant.

He who fears his servants is less than a servant.