Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. Samuel Butler on life
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. Samuel Butler on marriage
Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? Samuel Butler on marriage
A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct. Samuel Butler on medical
Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. Samuel Butler on medical
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler on money
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it. Samuel Butler on money
The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. Samuel Butler on money
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 on money
Brigands demand your money or your life women require both. Samuel Butler on money
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. Samuel Butler on money
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions. Samuel Butler on money
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler on money
The want of money is the root of all evil. Samuel Butler on money
We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. Samuel Butler on money
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. Samuel Butler on money
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. Samuel Butler on morning
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Samuel Butler on music
Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Samuel Butler on music
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. Samuel Butler on music