There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. – 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