Now is the time for all good men to come to.
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.
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.