I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.

The worst sin... is... to be indifferent.

It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.

The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

The confusing of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.