Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
That I might live alone once with my gold! O, 'tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
God wisheth none should wreck on a strange shelf: To him man's dearer than to himself. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err,… — 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 Image
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
