Austin O'Malley

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

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

— Austin O'Malley

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.

— Austin O'Malley