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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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

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

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

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

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

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

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

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

Leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine.

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

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

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment

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

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

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

I have betrayed myself with my own tongue; The case is altered

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be...

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

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

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