Jonson

Famous quotes containing the word jonson:

“‘Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)

“Though I am young and cannot tell
Either what death or love is well,
Yet I have heard they both bear darts,
And both do aim at human hearts:
And then again, I have been told,
Love wounds with heat, as death with cold;”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

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