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


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


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


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


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


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


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]


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]


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


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


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


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