When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented. – Samuel Butler
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. – Samuel Butler
The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. – Samuel Butler
Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler
I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie