Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.
When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.
Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination
Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.
You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.