Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
Ben JonsonIt is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
Ben JonsonIt is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
Ben Jonson