In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath...

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism...

No one becomes a good doctor before he fills a churchyard

No one becomes a good doctor before he fills a churchyard

The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What...

The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...