The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. – Samuel Butler
Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life. – Samuel Butler