Friendship, 'tis said, is love without his wings,
And friendship, sir, is sweet enough for me.
Saint Patrick's Day Quotes
No Irish collection sits under this page. It comes from two others, luck and friendship, which is about as close as a mechanical match can get to a day of toasts. The luck page leans on Seneca, Livy and Shakespeare, and on Horace’s complaint about Fortune, so expect fortune in the Roman sense rather than the four-leaf kind.
Two of its entries, from Torquato Tasso, are flagged misattributed. If you want an Irish writer, use the search box. Wilde and Shaw are both on the site.
Most quoted on saint patrick's day:
True and perfect Friendship is, to make one heart and mind of many hearts and bodies.
But thou liv'st fearless; and thy face ne'er shows
Fortune when she comes or goes.
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think
How quickly she will frown.
Friendship, if you know how to work it, is better than a cousin in Parliament.
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.