Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.

My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land.

Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?