Ben Jonson

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

--They write here one Cornelius--Son
Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel
To swim the haven at read more

--They write here one Cornelius--Son
Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel
To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all
The shipping there.
--But how is't done?
--I'll show you, sir.
It is automa, runs under water
With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail
Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles
Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight.

Small Latin, and less Greek.

Small Latin, and less Greek.