Samuel Butler

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being good, clever, or amiable.

All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.

Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.