The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?