我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人，我们的国家里充满才华横溢的失败者，可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的说空话之人。
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
幸福只是将灵魂从不幸福的动荡中解放出来。
书籍是最安静、最恒久的朋友；它们是最易接近、最睿智的顾问，也是最耐心的老师。
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
我宁愿保留我的坏习惯，也不愿被别人教导。
We must listen to both scientists and fishermen to find balanced solutions.