"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
"Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself."
"The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination"
"A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith."
"Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time."
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education."