Samuel butler

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.