God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

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.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.

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

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.