Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. – Samuel Butler
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. – Samuel Butler
If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s. – Samuel Butler