Robert Burton Quote

The heavens themselves run continually round, the sun riseth and sets, the moon increaseth, stars and planets keep their constant motions, the air is tossed by the winds, the waters ebb and flow, to their conservation no doubt, to teach us that we should ever be in motion.

The Anatomy of Melancholy (Volume 2), Part II, Sect. II, Memb. IV (p. 80)