Autobiography of ben jonson quotes

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
-- Ben Jonson

#Wise#Men#Two

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

#Friendship#Positive#Happiness

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

#No Fear#Hell#Prisoner

Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
-- Ben Jonson

#Tyrants#Flattery#Beast

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.
-- Ben Jonson

#Inspiration#Ambition#Looks

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
-- Ben Jonson

#Romantic#Eye#Wine

Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail.
-- Ben Jonson

#Memories#Mind#Frail

The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
-- Ben Jonson

#Men#Smoking#Orangutans

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