82 Quotes by Robert Burton

They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.

They are proud in humility; proud in that they are not proud

All my joys to this are folly, / Naught so sweet as melancholy.

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

How much more cruel the pen may be than the sword

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

Be not solitary, be not idle

If you like not my writing, go read something else.

Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.