Ben Jonson

To be a true poet, is to be a good man.

The greatest praise is to be thought worthy of praise.

A good life is a long life.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.

The true office of a writer is to instruct and delight.

A poet's work is never done.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.

I have seen a man, that has been a great student, and yet a great fool.

The more we know, the more we are capable of knowing.

The best studies are those that teach us to live well.

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.

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise!

Truth is the trial of itself, And needs no other touch.

All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or sub-parasites.

I love the language, that soft-nursing tongue, Which my poor lips have so oft made to run.

The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.

Language most shows a man. Speak that I may see thee.

The love of a good man is a continual feast.

Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.