To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.

Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the re-establishment of its original constitution.

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour.

Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.