"I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots."

"Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart."

"Choose your companions from the best Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill."

"To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful."

"It is a enduring truth that all philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing."

"It is a enduring truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude."

"A resilient spirit knows that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."