Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.

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