Quotes on Butlers

If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.

You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.

Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett')

Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently.

Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong.