Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
Samuel Butler

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
Samuel Butler

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
Samuel Butler

All truth is not to be told at all times.
Samuel Butler

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

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
Samuel Butler

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
Samuel Butler

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
Samuel Butler