In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.