Fortune, that favors fools.

Quote by Ben Jonson

Topics: Ben Jonson Quotes

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

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

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

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...

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

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.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

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...

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

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.

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...

I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.

I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also...

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also...