It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
Samuel ButlerTo know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
Samuel ButlerA 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 ButlerMy main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Samuel Butler