"The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”"

"The greatest wisdom is to be ignorant that you are wise."

"[The Irish] hate our order, our civilization, our enterprising industry, our pure religion. This wild, reckless, indolent, uncertain and superstitious race have no sympathy with the English character.…"

"The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity."

"The world is weary of the statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."