The kind need kindness most of all.

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

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

The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.

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

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

... 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.