Ben Jonson

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.

A good poet's made as well as born.

He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.

The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.

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

Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.

The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.

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

Well, I will scourge those apes, And to these courteous eyes oppose a mirror, As large as is the stage whereon we act; Where they shall see the time's deformity Anatomised in every nerve, and sinew, With constant courage, and contempt of fear.

Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain: Suns that set may rise again; But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumour are but toys.

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.

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!

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