If you learn from a loss you have not lost.
A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.
The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom.
You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God.
An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about.