“From the day you marry your heart will be in your mouth and your hand in your pocket.”

If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.

A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, and a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.

There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Need teaches a plan.

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.

Who gossips with you will gossip of you.

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden.

However long the day, the evening will come.

What butter and whiskey won’t cure, there is no cure for.

May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whisky, but be tormented with itching without benefit of scratching.

No time for health today, no health for your time tomorrow.

May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.

A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.

Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.