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There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.

I never did the things I wanted to do, but I’ve done the things that make me proud.

I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

Yes, I have made a woman cry.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

O, had I but followed the arts!

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.

It is bitter to think of one’s best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.