No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSONNo glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSONTo the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.
BEN JONSONHow Fortune piles her sports when she begins to practise them!
BEN JONSONCut Men’s throats with whisperings.
BEN JONSONAll concord’s born of contraries.
BEN JONSONThey, who know no evil, will suspect none.
BEN JONSONStill may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
BEN JONSONPoor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
BEN JONSONA new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
BEN JONSONThat I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
BEN JONSONHonor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
BEN JONSONReady writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
BEN JONSONA good king is a public servant.
BEN JONSONO, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!
BEN JONSONThe dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.
BEN JONSONSpread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.
BEN JONSON