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
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – 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
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – Samuel Butler
A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler
We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. – Samuel Butler