“I know that we think far otherwise, and hold them most part wise men that are in authority, princes, magistrates,{185} rich men,… — Robert Burton Politics Copy Share Image
Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. — Robert Burton Bitter love Copy Share Image
Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die… — Robert Burton Money Copy Share Image
“If heaven be so fair,the sun so fair, how much fairer shall He be that made them fair? For by the greatness… — Robert Burton Beauty Copy Share Image
“We love neither God nor our neighbor as we should. Our love in spiritual things is "too defective, in worldly things too… — Robert Burton Love Copy Share Image
Our wrangling lawyers are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' cases hereafter, some… — Robert Burton Law and lawyers Copy Share Image
“Judges give judgment according to their own advantage, doing manifest wrong to poor innocents to please others. Notaries alter sentences, and for… — Robert Burton False witness Copy Share Image
“A true saying it is, ‘Desire hath no rest;‘ is infinite in itself, endless; and as one calls it, a perpetual rack,… — Robert Burton Desire Copy Share Image
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as… — Robert Burton Bait Copy Share Image
“Hippocrates asked the reason why he laughed. He told him, at the vanities and the fopperies of the time, to see men… — Robert Burton Live In Peace Copy Share Image
If there be a hell upon earth it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart — Robert Burton Heart Copy Share Image
