We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks
Men become old, but they never become good.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.
The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.