Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.