Maxioms by Ben Jonson
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss read more
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.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
