"J. D. Ryan and James O’Donnell, Esquires, will leave by the steamer Peruvian, the former on a business trip to England, and the latter to reside in Ireland. The Emerald Isle will never want for a bright, witty, whole-souled Irishman, so long as Mr. James O’Donnell is alive, which we hope will be for many long years. Bon Voyage."

"For the past 15 years I bought the Freeman—during 14 years in America, and since my return to this distracted country. Until recently I would give my bottom dollar for the Freeman. Now, as it is a partisan, I can have no part with it. The generation of the wicked cannot inherit the land, and the adulterer shall not possess the kingdom of God."

"I was a staunch Parnellite until the Divorce Court disclosures, and the grabbing of United Ireland shook my faith. I collected for the Parnell Testimonial, at St John's, from the bishop, priests, and my friends, £60. You can see in the Freeman of that time how I paid my mite (£5). I would now freely give £10 to depose him, and to stop fighting among families and people who were hitherto more united. The man must be possessed by a bad spirit who goes about sowing evil. He must see, unless blinded by pride, or something worse, that he must go, or Home Rule fall."

"I will and bequeath to the College of Rockwell Cashel Co. Tippery my fee simple landed property in Belvidere St. John's N.F.L.D. (value in rent for $102.07) agent James M. Kent Esq Q.C. for the education or part thereof of one of my next akin and should Rockwell College cease to be, the above yearly amount is to be transferred to the College of Mount Millway Co. Waterford Balance of cash remaining to be applied for the education of my next akin in Rockwell or other Institution of Education."

"Next door came the store of James O'Donnell, a bachelor, from the Old Country, and a very popular man of his day. He had a rare fund of wit and humor and a good word for all the world. Possessing all these genial and attractive qualities his friends always wondered that he remained a bachelor. He went back to Ireland in his old days and it is said spent his declining years in a monastery. Like Strickland and Rankin he carried on a wholesale and retail trade in wines and spirits. Amongst the clerks, was James Crowdell and the well known Maurice Corcoran, alias "Kidney Feet.""

"The Catholic religion is not only holding its own, but advancing rapidly in Newfoundland. The most harmonious relations exist between the different denominations, which are only interrupted on occasions of public excitement, when persons aspiring to political position and honours do not scruple to stir up feelings of religious bigotry and theological hatred among the more simple-minded of the people. A great future is opening up for the country."

"A spirituality of communion must permeate all relationships and structures within our parishes and local churches, through a consultation that brings people together, acknowledges the presence of God's Spirit working in the members of the community and assists in responding to those who feel that their voice is never heard in the Church."

"Not every article in every magazine or newspaper is meant to be a valentine card addressed to every reader's self-esteem."

"Stay away from philosophy, kids: it will ruin your mind."

"There are ways to get worse publicity than Tom Wappel, the MP who wrote an 81–year–old, a veteran, legally blind and partially deaf, and told him, sneeringly, in effect to get lost– because the old man had not voted Liberal. [...] Here are some:"