The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. – Samuel Butler
Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. – Samuel Butler
Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so. – Samuel Butler
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. – Samuel Butler
The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, its taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more. – James Chanos