Austin O’Malley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

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

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.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

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

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.

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

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