There's nothing like going on with a thing.

The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

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.

He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.