No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is… — 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
Forbear, you things That stand upon the pinnacles of state, To boast your slippery height! when you do fall, You dash yourselves… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites. — 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
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. — 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
