The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.