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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

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...

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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...

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

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

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

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...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

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.

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.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is,...

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

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.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

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.

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...