Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler
Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler
A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler