You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not… — 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
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 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
