Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
In dreams begins responsibility.
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.
Be secret and exult Because of all things known That is most difficult.
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
Why should not old men be mad?Some have known a likely ladThat had a sound fly-fisher's wristTurn to a drunken journalist;A girl that knew all Dante onceLive to bear children to a dunce;A Helen of soc...
There are no strangers here Only friends you haven't yet met.