There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Ignorance never settles a question.

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.

Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.