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

Quote by Ben Jonson

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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;...

Calumnies are answered best with silence

Calumnies are answered best with silence

As he brews, so shall he drink.

As he brews, so shall he drink.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

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.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

This is the very womb and bed of enormity.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

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.

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

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

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.