Samuel Butler

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

To himself everyone is an immortal. He may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.

Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

Trust. Above all, I ask for trust. You won’t know every thought that crosses my mind, but just know that they’re all for us.

Tonight, once more, life sinks its teeth into my heart.

Love those you hate you.

Provided that he only broke you into pieces, you still have it all, like a pizza in slices, every. bite, delicious. You may not feel whole, but you are no less because of a feeling.

Love is what we’re born with. Fear is what we learned here.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon – it’s time to cash in!

I know you’re dying to meet me, but I can just tell you this. Baby, as soon as you meet me, you’ll wish that you never did.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without an object.

True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend.