Quotes by Butler, Samuel

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happ >>

Then spare the rod and spoil the child. >>

Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, >>

Quotations about Rules

The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts. >>

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in th >>

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exce >>

There are two great rules of life; the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the rule.

Butler, Samuel