For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
BEN JONSONFor whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
BEN JONSONIt is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.
BEN JONSONWhom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty.
BEN JONSONWere Guilt is, Rage and Courage doth abound.
BEN JONSONWine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet’s horse accounted: Ply it and you all are mounted.
BEN JONSONThe day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.
BEN JONSONFreedom doth with degree dispense.
BEN JONSONAmbition makes more trusty slaves than need
BEN JONSONLet argument bear no unmusical sound.
BEN JONSONTo men pressed by their wants all change is ever welcome.
BEN JONSONI now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
BEN JONSONA prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.
BEN JONSONMen that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
BEN JONSONDrink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
BEN JONSONWords borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
BEN JONSONLet those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink
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