The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
If you learn from a loss you have not lost.
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
Autumn is a hint from God to Old Age.
An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about.