BUTLER, SAMUEL : I can generally bear separation, but I don't like the leave-taking.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held, and not in the dogma or want of dogma, that the danger lies.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : There is one thing certain, namely, that we can have nothing certain; therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : I can generally bear the separation, but I don't like the leave-taking.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : Try again, fail again. Fail better.
BUTLER, SAMUEL : People are lucky and unlucky . . . according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.