Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. – Samuel Butler
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. – Samuel Butler
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. – Samuel Butler
There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less an exception to the general rule. – Samuel Butler
Man is Gods highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. – Samuel Butler