Samuel Butler

“For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.”

“There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.”

“Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.”

“Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.”

“Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.”

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

“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”

“The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.”