Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
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.
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.
Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.