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

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

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

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

The trouble with the Irish question always has been that it was an English question.

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!