413 Quotes by Samuel Butler

A man's style in any art should be like his dress — it should attract as little attention as possible.

The gods are those who either have money or do not want it.

If life is an illusion, then so is death - the greatest of all illusions. If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Chief of domestic knights and errant, / Either for cartel or for warrant; / Great on the bench, great in the saddle, / That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle; / Mighty he was at both of these, / And styl'd of war, as well as peace.

It is an unconscious liar that is the greatest liar.

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

A man's friendships are invalidated by his marriage, but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.