Every Irishman, the saying goes, has a potato in his head.

A Christian is God Almighty's gentleman: a gentleman, in the vulgar superficial way of understanding the word, is the Devil's Christian.

Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.