"When I from life's unrest had earned the grace Of utter ease beside a quiet stream; When all that was had mingled in …"

"For sorrow and joy are one, and all the past And all the future mingle in a kiss."

"They said: "She dwelleth in some place apart, Immortal Truth, within whose eyes Who looks may find the secret of the …"

"The fatalities which destroyed the men of another period originated in crafty diplomacy, soothing promises, and flatt…"

"Beloved, it is morn! A redder berry on the thorn, A deeper yellow on the corn, For this good day new-born."

"Aut lego vel scribo, doceo scrutorve sophiam, obsecro celsithronum nocte dieque meum, vescor, poto libens, rithmizans…"

"For power and place men may intrigue; but in order to have influence they must more or less deserve it. Power may, at…"

"... I liked teaching math best because I don’t have a natural way with figures and therefore had sympathy with the ch…"

"You have to walk to get to know a city; it was then — in the Dublin of the 1940s — that I first discovered that. was …"

"... The way I think I write is by creating the actual raw material of fiction first of all, rather rapidly, very quic…"