There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination
Hell is full of musical amateurs.