“Where the craving for admiration and approval predominates, intellectual rigor cannot thrive, if it survives at all.”

“She did not want to be greater than her husband: what she did want was that he should acknowledge her as his equal, with love and with respect.”

“I was born with a reading list that I will never finish. The person who deserves that most pity is a lonely one on a rainy day that does not know how to read. Benjamin Franklin”

“TreallTabhair dom casúrnó tuago mbrisfead isgo millfeadan teach seo,go ndéanfad tairseachden fhardoras'gus urláir de na ballaí,go dtiocfaidh scraithagus díon agussimléir anuasle neart mo chuid allais...Sín chugam anoisna cláir is na tairnnígo dtógfadan teach eile seo...Ach, a Dhia, táim tuirseach!”

“A ógánaigh...ná brisan ghloine ghlan'tá eadrainn(ní bhristear gloinegan fuil is pian)óir tá Neamhnó Ifreann thall'gus cén mhaith Neamhmura mairfidh ségo bráth?ní Ifreanngo hIfreanniar-Neimhe...(Impí)”

“Bí ann nó astáimse ag triall Ortagus má tácuirim geasa Ortmé a shábháilón dreama deirgur fear fuarsa spéir Thú.”

“Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation”