Robert Burton

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

A mere madness, to live like a wretch, and die rich.

A mere madness, to live like a wretch, and die rich.

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

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.

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

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

Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox read more

Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox nulla secuta est.]