Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.

The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this apartment is probably the cleanest, and certainly the most orderly, in the house.... An Irish kitchenis usually a temple dedicated to the goddess of disorder; and, too often, joined with her, is the potent deity of dirt.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.