Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. - Samuel Butler

A credulous mind . . . finds most delight in believing
strange things, and the stranger they are the easier they pass
with him; but never regards those that are plain and
feasible, for every man can believe such.

"Mention but the word "divinity," and our sense of the divine is clouded."

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.