What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.