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• As that great captain, Ziska, would have a drum made of his skin when he was dead, because he thought the very noise of it would put his enemies to flight.
  -- 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...
• Women wear the breeches.
  -- 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...
• Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...
• Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so had he many vice
  he had two distinct persons in him....
• Like him in Aesop, he whipped his horses withal, and put his shoulder to the wheel.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part ii, Sect. 1, Memb. 2...
• 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...
• Rob Peter, and pay Paul.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...