“Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas.”

A watched kettle never boils.

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.

You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.

Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.

Don’t become broke by trying to look rich.

Where the tongue slips it speaks the truth.

Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!

Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.

Soft words butter no parsnips but they won’t harden the heart of the cabbage either.

If you buy what you don’t need, you might have to sell what you do.

The friend that can be bought is not worth buying.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

The longest road out is the shortest road home.

There is luck in sharing thing.

There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

If you are enough lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough!