1."We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."我们总觉得爱尔兰人很奇怪，他们拒绝成为英国人！

2."Difficulties mastered are opportunities won"克服困难就是赢得机遇。

3."I never worry about action, but only about inaction"我从不担心行动。而只担心没有任何行动。

4."We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle"我们说一个企图靠收税变富饶的国家就像一个坐在吊桶里，想拉绳让自己升上去的人一样。
 

5."A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

6."Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times."政治像战争一样刺激，一样危险。在战争中，你只会被干掉一次。而在政治中，可以很多次。

7."This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."这不是结束。这甚至不是结束的开始。但，这可能是开始的结束。

8."We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."我们靠获得的东西生存。但我们靠给予的东西生活。

9."There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result."没有比被射击而未被击中更令人兴奋的事情了。

10."Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."孤独的树如果成长，就会成长得非常茁壮。