Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
Samuel ButlerSensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime
Samuel ButlerPriests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.
Samuel ButlerEvery man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
Samuel Butler