I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry. – Samuel Butler
A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler