If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Silence]

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Taxes and Taxation]

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Truth]

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Prayer]

Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Pride]

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Reason]

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Revenge]

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Money]

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Nationalities and Nationalism]

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Fathers]

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Friends and Friendship]

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Friends and Friendship]

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Happiness]

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Dreams]

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Blood]

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.
~ Austin O'Malley - [Children]