Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.