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

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

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

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.