I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together. – Robert Burton
A mere scholar, a mere ass. – Robert Burton
What cant be cured must be endured. – Robert Burton
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. – Robert Burton
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. – Robert Burton
England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes. – Robert Burton
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. – Robert Burton
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning loves the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. – Robert Burton
One was never married, and thats his hell another is, and thats his plague. – Robert Burton
Worldly wealth is the Devils bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. – Robert Burton
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. – Robert Burton
Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. – Robert Burton
Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee. – Robert Burton
