Every Irishman, The Saying Goes, Has A

It Is A Proof Of Our Natural Bias To Evil, That Gain Is Slower And Harder Than Loss In All Things Good; But In All Things Bad Getting Is Quicker And Easier Than Getting Rid Of.

What A Person Praises Is Perhaps A Surer Standard, Even Than What He Condemns, Of His Own Character, Information And Abilities.

Since The Generality Of Persons Act From Impulse, Much More Than From Principle, Men Are Neither So Good Nor So Bad As We Are Apt To Think Them.

The Intellect Of The Wise Is Like Glass; It Admits The Light Of Heaven And Reflects It.

Crimes Sometimes Shock Us Too Much; Vices Almost Always Too Little.