Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)
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.
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)
Richard burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do with my talents as an actor. That counts for little now. I am the diabolically famous Richard burton.
—Richard Burton (1925–1984)