Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

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

I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.