All dogs know what most humans don’t that the principle business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
People are lucky and unlucky according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. — Samuel Butler
Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. — Samuel Butler
Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world. — Samuel Butler
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler
I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted. — Samuel Butler