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

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Ben Jonson Quotes

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

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...

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

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

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while...

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...

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 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.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

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.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

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.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he...

I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...