Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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

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

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the...

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

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

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have...

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a...

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

Friendship is like money, more easily made than kept.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams...

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more...

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating...