I Say With Didacus Stella, A Dwarf Standing On The Shoulders Of A Giant May See Farther Than A Giant Himself.

Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
Women wear the breeches.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
We can say nothing but what hath been said.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
I had not time to lick it into form, as a bear doth her young ones.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
It is most true, stylus virum arguit,--our style bewrays us.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
Penny wise, pound foolish.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
Rob Peter, and pay Paul.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...