Robert Burton

Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.

Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.

'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his read more

'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they
may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy
face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more
as bad in a moment.

And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope,
they would be hanged read more

And were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope,
they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save
charges.

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

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

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

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