There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.
May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.
Idleness is a fool’s desire.
Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge.
You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, and a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.
Beware of the anger of a patient man.
May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all year long.
Say a little and say it well.
Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it!
Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.
May the most you wish for be the least you get.
If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.
Slow is every foot on an unknown path.
A watched kettle never boils.
Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.
In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.
Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
If you are enough lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough!
It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.
God’s help is nearer than the door.
Who keeps his tongue keeps his friends.
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.