Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.