Robert Burton

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

'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.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

If the world will be gulled, let it be gulled.

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

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

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which read more

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of
human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted
myriads of people: they go commonly together.