Austin O'Malley

“When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.”

“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”

“An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.”

“Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.”

“If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.”

“Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.”

“A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.”

“The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.”

“God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.”

“The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.”

“The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.”

“Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.”

“In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.”

“When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.”

“A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.”

“Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.”

“Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.”

“Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.”

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”

“If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell.”