Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.

Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.

We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.