It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
Ben JonsonNo man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Ben JonsonMany might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
Ben JonsonWords borrowed of Antiquity do lend a kind of Majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes. For they have the authority of years, and out of their intermission do win to themselves a kind of grace-like newness. But the eldest of the present, and newest of the past Language, is the best.
Ben Jonson