Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“MOS: And besides, sir, You are not like a thresher that doth stand With a huge flail, watching a heap of corn,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“Poor wretches! I rather pity their folly and indiscretion, than their loss of time and money; for these may be recovered by… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. — 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
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
