Ben Jonson Quotes - Page 2

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.

Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.

That old bald cheater, Time.

Force works on servile natures, not the free.

Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.

A good dog deserves a good bone.

Calumnies are answered best with silence.

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

He was not of an age, but for all time!

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.

The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.

Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.

Popular men, They must create strange monsters, and then quell them, To make their arts seem something.

No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself had a fool to his master.

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

It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

Fortune, that favors fools.