Ben Jonson

Found 11 thoughts of Ben Jonson

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

Ben Jonson

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Ben Jonson

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

Ben Jonson

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

Ben Jonson

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Ben Jonson

Fortune, that favors fools.

Ben Jonson

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

Ben Jonson

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Ben Jonson

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

Ben Jonson

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

Ben Jonson