Employment... is so essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered the mother of misery.Robert Burton
Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.Robert Burton
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.Robert Burton
No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.Robert Burton
To think well of every other man's condition, and to dislike our own, is one of the misfortunes of human nature.Robert Burton
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.Robert Burton
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.Robert Burton
