Sir Richard Burton

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

— Sir Richard Burton

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.

— Sir Richard Burton

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.

— Sir Richard Burton

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

— Sir Richard Burton

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

— Sir Richard Burton

Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.

— Sir Richard Burton