No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going. Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity.

Make the iron hot by striking it.

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.

For that which you mention concerning liberty of conscience, I meddle not with any man's conscience.