It is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler

It is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler
Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. – Samuel Butler