Ben Jonson Quotes

Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Memory of all the powers of the mind is the most delicate and frail.

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'...

Dowling Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cu...

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the ...

He was not of an age but for all time!

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

I glory more in the coming purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

Our whole life is like a play.

Indeed there's a woundy luck in names.

The burnt child dreads the fire.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which ...

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is ...

There was never a great genius without a touch of madness.

A woman the more careful she is about her face is commonly the more careless about her house.

He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest.

Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight so...

Riches, the dumb god that giv'st all men tongues, / That canst do nought, and yet mak'st men do all ...

Language most shows a man speak that I may see thee.

Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

Hood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears and he shall pass for a ca...

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

Sweet meat must have sour sauce.

Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die.

Hang sorrow care'll kill a cat.

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,Now the sun is laid to sleep,Seated in thy silver chair,State in...

Many might go to heaven with half the labor they go to hell.

Language most shows a man: speak that I may see thee.

He was not of an age but for all time.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

But I do hate him as I hate the devil.

I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is groundUpon my flesh t'inflict another wound.Yet dare I not...

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.