People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Cheerfulness Quotes, People Quotes

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

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...

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and seeing it...

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.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

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

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

There is no bore like a clever bore.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...