A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Fate will catch up to you, souls don't have a physical address.

I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.

[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.

The harder I worked, the luckier I got.

The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.

Be like children , Not childish BUT childlike.

Love is unpredictable and it’s frustrating and it’s tragic and it’s beautiful.