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 function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – 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 function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler
A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which life will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind. – Samuel Butler