Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

— Ben Jonson

A woman the more careful she is about her face is commonly the more careless about her house.

— Ben Jonson

But I do hate him as I hate the devil.

— Ben Jonson

Dowling 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

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.

— Ben Jonson

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

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.

— Ben Jonson

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.

— Ben Jonson

Hang sorrow care'll kill a cat.

— Ben Jonson

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

— Ben Jonson