Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods: restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.

Quote by Robert Burton

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A good conscience is a continual feast.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit...

Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit...

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant...

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant...

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in...

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in...

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it...

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it...

They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works.

A quiet mind cureth all.

A quiet mind cureth all.

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

That which is a law today is none tomorrow

That which is a law today is none tomorrow

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can...

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun,...

Be not solitary, be not idle

Be not solitary, be not idle

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle...

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle...

If there be a hell upon earth it is to be found in a melancholy...

If there be a hell upon earth it is to be found in a melancholy...

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...