That old bald cheater, Time.

- Ben Jonson

True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit.

- Ben Jonson

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

- Ben Jonson

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

- Ben Jonson

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

- Ben Jonson

You learn nothing about someone by the way they win the fight, you learn everything about the way they lose and keep coming back.

- Ben Jonson

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.

- Ben Jonson

Nor use too swelling, or ill-sounded words . . . .

- Ben Jonson

Guilt's a terrible thing.

- Ben Jonson