All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.