Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
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.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.