Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
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.
Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.
Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?