"Loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game; True as a dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon." - Samuel Butler
"All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense; but some are greater nonsense than others." - Samuel Butler
"A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal." - Samuel Butler
"People care more about being thought to have good taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable." - Samuel Butler
"The test of a good critic is whether he knows when and how to believe on insufficient evidence." - Samuel Butler
"All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income." - Samuel Butler