Ben Jonson ( 10 of 57 )
For he that once is good, is ever great.
For he that once is good, is ever great.
Yet shall you have to rectify your palate,
An olive, capers, or some better salad
Ushering the read more
Yet shall you have to rectify your palate,
An olive, capers, or some better salad
Ushering the mutton; with a short-legged hen,
If we can get her, full of eggs, and then,
Limons, and wine for sauce: to these a coney
Is not to be despaired of for our money;
And though fowl now be scarce, yet there are clerks,
The sky not falling, think we may have larks.
And so to tread
As if the wind, not she, did walk;
Nor prest a flower, nor read more
And so to tread
As if the wind, not she, did walk;
Nor prest a flower, nor bow'd a stalk.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.
The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.
Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor
and other tackle.
Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor
and other tackle.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
