Quotes
Quotes - Butler
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity.
No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
A man's style in any art should be like his dress--it should attract as little attention as possible.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
Advertising promotes that divine discontent which makes people strive to improve their economic status.
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less, And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess, That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!
Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square, Has made three separate journeys to Paris, And her father assures me each time she was there That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . . Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . . And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway, This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square The last time we met was in utter despair Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?
He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.
It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
