Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee; it springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech.
BEN JONSONGet money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.
More Ben Jonson Quotes
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Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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They, who know no evil, will suspect none.
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Drink 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.
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Honor’s a good brooch to wear in a man’s hat at all times.
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I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
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For he that once is good, is ever great.
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I do honor the very flea of his dog.
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Fortune, that favors fools.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
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Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: ‘Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
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Sweet Swan of Avon! What a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear.
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Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder’d, all perfum’d. Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
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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 himself has a fool for a master.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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Art hath an enemy call’d ignorance .
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