Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

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