The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday. – Samuel Butler

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. – Samuel Butler
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All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866
As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really dont know what theyre saying. – David M. Brown