"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg " — Samuel Butler

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Source: Walden (1854)

Samuel Butler Quote