Burton
Burton
exception
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
years mayors scholar
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
solitary idle
Be not solitary, be not idle
writing ifs
If you like not my writing, go read something else.
book
What a glut of books! Who can read them?
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.