Things you plan in life usually turn out to be meaningless, things you accumulate without knowing it become your real treasure.
The trouble with hope is that it only pays off when there's some sense in back of it.
Indulgences should never be hesitant.
So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men.
It's only the dead who'll tell you the truth.
There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.