Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Quote by Ben Jonson

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Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that...

Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! - / Open the shrine that...

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.

The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.

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

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

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...

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

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

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

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...

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

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.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

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.

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

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

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.

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

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