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

All progress depends on the unreasonable man.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

The fact is that the intrinsic worth of the book, play or whatever the author is trying to sell is the least, last factor in the the whole transaction.

Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.