When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

A vegetarian is not a person who lives on vegetables, any more than a Catholic is a person who lives on cats.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

All roads end at the grave, which is the gate to nothingness.

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse.