The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. – Samuel Butler
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Samuel Butler

The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. – Samuel Butler
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Samuel Butler
Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed. – Samuel Butler
It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler