For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam, But make my strengths, such as they… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Tis no sin love's fruits to steal; But the sweet thefts to reveal; To be taken, to be seen, These have crimes… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
If I freely may discover What should please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Though I am young, and cannot tell Either what Death or Love is well, Yet I have heard they both bear darts,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson Copy Share
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. — Ben Jonson Copy Share
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means… — Ben Jonson Copy Share
Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his… — Ben Jonson Copy Share
