It is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not an R in their names to eat an oyster.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

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

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

A man who can beat the horses can do anything he makes up his mind to do.

If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

I trust no one who hasn’t time for music.

You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside".

The brain is the first broadcasting station ever invented.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best

A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.