There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.

We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence.

My wretched dragon is perplexed.

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.

I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept.

Love comes in at the eye.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.