England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.
Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.
When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.
Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.