Jonson

Famous quotes containing the word jonson:

“A new disease? I know not, new or old,
But it may well be called poor mortals’ plague:
For, like a pestilence, it doth infect
The houses of the brain ...
Till not a thought, or motion, in the mind,
Be free from the black poison of suspect.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)

“Talking is the disease of age.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)

“Room, room, make room for the bouncing belly,
First father of sauce, and deviser of jelly,”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)