God Cannot Alter The Past, Though Historians

A Man's Friendships Are, Like His Will, Invalidated By Marriage - But They Are Also No Less Invalidated By The Marriage Of His Friends.

In Old Times People Used To Try And Square The Circle; Now They Try And Devise Schemes For Satisfying The Irish Nation.

All Philosophies, If You Ride Them Home, Are Nonsense, But Some Are Greater Nonsense Than Others.

Men Should Not Try To Overstrain Their Goodness More Than Any Other Faculty, Bodily Or Mental.

Virtue Knows That It Is Impossible To Get On Without Compromise, And Tunes Herself, As It Were, A Trifle Sharp To Allow For An Inevitable Fall In Playing.