Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.
Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.