A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — its the — Seán O'Casey

"She dhresses herself to keep him with her, but its no use — afther a month or two, thwondher of a woman wears off."

"If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literatures performing flea."

"The whole worls in a state o chassis."

"Isnt all religions curious? If they werent you wouldnt get anyone to believe them."

"Laughter is wine for the soul — laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness. Comedy and tragedy step through life together, arm in arm, all along, out along, down along lea. A laugh is a great natural stimulator, a pushful entry into life; and once we can laugh, we can live. It is the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living."

"Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich man to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life."