The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. – Samuel Butler
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. – Samuel Butler
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler
If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s. – Samuel Butler