There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler
A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – 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
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. – Samuel Butler