82 Quotes by Robert Burton

The miller sees not all the water that flows by his mill.

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.

Diseases crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many Anatomies.

Conscience is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered, and which time reveals to the sense and feeling of the offender.

Tobacco, divine, rare superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all panaceas, potable gold and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases.

Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.

Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.

Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.