Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Quote by Ben Jonson

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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 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.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

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;...

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

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...

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

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...

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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.