Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

For a male person bric-a-brac hunting is about as robust a business as making doll-clothes.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.

What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.