Samuel Butler

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest…

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept…

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing…

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one…

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth…

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear…

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine…

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself…

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it…

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets…

Self-preservation is the first law of nature…

Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be…

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning…

A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg…

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the…