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

  • Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

  • A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.

  • They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'

  • The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.