Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen. Robert Burton
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. Robert Burton
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. Robert Burton
England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women. Robert Burton
No cord or cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. Robert Burton
Call a spade a spade. Robert Burton
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Robert Burton
One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. Robert Burton
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. Robert Burton
Worldly wealth is the Devil’s 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
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. Robert Burton
Naught so sweet as melancholy. Robert Burton
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty. Robert Burton
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers’ stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases…but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, ’tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul. Robert Burton
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. Robert Burton
A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better. Robert Burton
What can’t be cured must be endured. Robert Burton