Burton
Burton
overcoming melancholy
Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.
mind miserable rich
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.
dog business ambition
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.
inspirational confidence ambition
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
motivational eye dwarves
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
love dream umbilical-cord
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
friendship fake-friends fake-people
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
jewels jewelry diamond
This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.
play drunk alcohol
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.
morning order fog
I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.
dream memories men
How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.
sea wings islands
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.
travel home journey
One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.
drinking beer men
I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.