To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house.

January has only one thing to be said for it: it is followed by February. Nothing so well becomes its passing.

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

Religion dies hard in the Irish.

... Hope is at the bottom of the Pandora's box of Irish troubles, and I believe proudly and firmly in the ultimate destinies of my country.

I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.

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