Sir Richard Burton

Famous quotes containing the words sir, richard and/or burton:

    “Here lies the body of Sir John Guise.
    Nobody laughs, and nobody cries;
    Where his soul is and how it fares
    Nobody knows and nobody cares.”
    —Anonymous. From Frobisher’s New Select Collection of Epitaphs (c. 1791)

    “Methinks King Richard and myself should meet
    With no less terror than the elements
    Of fire and water, when their thundering shock
    At meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heaven.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “All my joys to this are folly,
    Naught so sweet as melancholy.”
    —Robert Burton (1577–1640)