The life in which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.

Drawbacks are good when you are on holiday. If the holiday were too good you might not want to go home again.

The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.

There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.

I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character.

It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything.

O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!