If nothing worse than Ale happens to us, we are well off.

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world.

If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. [...] live well and die happy.

In una parola, ero troppo codardo per fare quello che sapevo essere giusto, così come ero stato troppo codardo per evitare di fare quello che sapevo sbagliato. A quel tempo, non avevo avuto nessuna esperienza del mondo e non imitavo nessuno dei suoi molti abitanti che agiscono in questo modo. Genio assolutamente naturale, scoprii questa linea di condotta tutto da solo.

Oh, let us love our occupations,Bless the squire and his relations,Live upon our daily rations,And always know our proper stations.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will

Ah me!" said he, "what might have been is not what is!

Weel, ma´am' said Stephen, making the best of it, with a smile; 'when I ha´finished off, I mun quit this part, and try another. Fortnet or misfortnet, a man can but try; there´s now to be done wi´out tryin -cept laying down and dying.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes