Ben Jonson quotes

" True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. " # Happiness # Freedom # Power

" He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity " # Adversity

" Art hath an enemy called Ignorance. " # Arts and Artists # Enemies # Friends and Friendship

" To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. " # Speakers and Speaking # Fools and Foolishness # Wisdom

" Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. " # Alcohol and Alcoholism # Love # Kisses and Kissing

" A good life is a main argument. " # Argument

" You that would last long, list to my song, Make no more coil, but buy of this oil. Would you be ever fair and young? Stout of teeth and strong of tongue? Tart of palate, quick of ear? Sharp of sight, of nostril clear? Moist of hand and light of foot? (Or, I will come nearer to it) Would you live free from all diseases, Do the act your mistress pleases; Yet fright all aches from your bones? Here's a medicine for the nones. " # Marriage # Death and Dying # Medicine

" They that know no evil will suspect none. " # Evil

" When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. " # Honor # Friends and Friendship # Grief

" 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. " # Horses # Flattery # Reason