"Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be."

"Man is created for a purpose; the object of his existence is to perfect himself. Man is imperfect by nature, because if nature had made him perfect he would have had no wants; and it is only by supply…"

"Read no history; nothing but biography, for that is life without theory."

"The greatest pains to human nature are the pains of patience."

"The essence of education is the education of the body."