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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.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike;
One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Why should we defer our joys?
Fame and rumour are but toys.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
He that fears death, or mourns it, in the just,
Shows of the resurrection little trust.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold,
And almost every vice — almighty gold.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Follow a shadow, it still flies you;
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well: that is, to understand.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
If all you boast of your great art be true;
Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Thus, in his belly, can he change a sin,
Lust it comes out, that gluttony went in.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Underneath this stone doth lie
As much beauty as could die;
Which in life did harbor give
To more virtue than doth live.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Not to know vice at all, and keep true state,
Is virtue, and not fate:
Next to that virtue is to know vice well,
And her black spite expel.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Come my Celia, let us prove,
While we can, the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)