The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
Samuel ButlerThink of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
Samuel ButlerThe youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
Samuel ButlerThe Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Samuel Butler