The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – Samuel Butler
Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible. – Samuel Butler
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler
It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler