Any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality.

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

Seek on earth what you have found in heaven.

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. ... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes.