Dion Boucicault

"Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them."

"Oh Paddy dear, and did you hear The news that's going round? The shamrock is forbid by law To grow on Irish ground."

"When the law can stop the blades of grass From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time Their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the colour I wear in my caubeen, But till that day I'll stick for aye To wearing of the green."