All Ben Jonson Quotes
- Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house. Careful
- That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to… Able
- Calumnies are answered best with silence. Answered
- Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need Ambition
- The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. Covetous
- It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make… Beat
- Well, as he brews, so shall he drink. Beer
- The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him. Both
- Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty. Dream
- Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends. Ends
- Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. All
- Where guilty is, rage and courage doth abound. Abound
- It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us. Dear
- Peace is never more than one thought away. Harmony
- No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech. Form
- Your highest female grace is silence. Female
- It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not. Dishonor
- True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit. Breeds
- Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Anxiety
- A good life is a main argument. Argument
- When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. Brings
- He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy. Buy
- I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession. Avarice
- Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man,… Choke
- The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins. Begins