All Ben Jonson Quotes
- It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have… Alone
- Blueness doth express trueness. Blueness
- Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means. Boy
- Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. Applause
- No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by… Counsel
- ... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle. Anchor
- A good dog deserves a good bone. Bone
- They that know no evil will suspect none. Equality
- Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom. Deities
- Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because… Believed
- Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. Bear
- Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. Bosom
- A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust. Down
- Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth. Father
- All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or subparasites. All
- I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father. Affection
- Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding. Passion
- If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick Illness
- There is no doctrine will do good where nature is wanting. Creeds
- O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do. Base