Ben Jonson: True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice. Nor would I have Virtue a popular

True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and ch — Ben Jonson

True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice. Nor would I have Virtue a popular regard pursue: Let them be good that love me, though but few.

Ben Jonson

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