Ben Jonson

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. ”

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

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need. ”

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! ”

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. ”

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

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

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

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

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