To such as say thy love I overprize, <br />And do not stick to term my praises folly, <br />Against these folks, that think themselves so wise, <br />I thus oppose my Reason's forces wholly, <br />Though I give more than well affords my state, <br />In which expense the most suppose me vain, <br />Which yields them nothing at the easiest rate, <br />Yet at this price returns me treble gain. <br />They value not, unskillful how to use, <br />And I give much, because I gain thereby; <br />I that thus take, or they that thus refuse, <br />Whether are these deceived then, or I? <br />In everything I hold this maxim still: <br />The circumstance doth make it good or ill.<br /><br />Michael Drayton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xxviii-to-such-as-say/
