Every Irishman, The Saying Goes, Has A

Never Put Much Confidence In Such As Put No Confidence In Others.

Better Far Off To Leave Half The Ruins And Nine-tenths Of The Churches Unseen And To See Well The Rest; To See Them Not Once, But Again And Often Again; To Watch Them, To Learn Them, To Live With Them, To Love Them, Till They Have Become A Part Of Life And Life's Recollections.

The Virtue Of Paganism Was Strength: The Virtue Of Christianity Is Obedience.

Friendship Closes Its Eye Rather Than See The Moon Eclipsed; While Malice Denies That It Is Ever At The Full.

The Power Of Faith Will Often Shine Forth The Most When The Character Is Naturally Weak.