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

It's a strange thing now how people will know they're dying themselves when no one else could suspect anything wrong at all with them.

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

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

Often our bad moments are self-propelled ... And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.

The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.

... 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.