Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.
They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb an… - Robert Burton
They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb an…
- Robert Burton
Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy. - Robert Burton
Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.
What a glut of books! Who can read them? - Robert Burton
What a glut of books! Who can read them?
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. - Robert Burton
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. - Robert Burton
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread. - Robert Burton
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. - Robert Burton
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. - Robert Burton
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. - Robert Burton
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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