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
One was never married, and thats his hell another is, and thats his plague. – Robert Burton
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning loves the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. – Robert Burton
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. – Robert Burton
For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man. – Craig Claiborne, New York Times Cookbook