Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

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

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.