Self-preservation is the first law of nature. – 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

Self-preservation is the first law of nature. – 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
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler