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

Topics: Drink Quotes

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...

Idleness is an appendix to nobility

Idleness is an appendix to nobility

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

It is most true, stylus virum arguit, - our style betrays us

It is most true, stylus virum arguit, - our style betrays us

Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven

Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven

Wit without employment is a disease

Wit without employment is a disease

England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy is a paradise for...

England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy is a paradise for...

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,...

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

Good laws are begot by bad actions

Good laws are begot by bad actions

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...

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the...

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the...

Our wrangling lawyers are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they...

Our wrangling lawyers are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they...

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all...

Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all...

One was never married and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague

One was never married and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague

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 quiet mind cureth all.

A quiet mind cureth all.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

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...

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.