Robert Burton

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog?

Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog?

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, read more

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

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.