I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. – Samuel Butler
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. – Samuel Butler
To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. – Samuel Butler
As long as you as an individual… can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as one of the faithful, one of those people who can say, Well, look, somethings going to happen! Lets just keep trying. Lets not give up. – Tom Hanks