Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
men animal soul
Each man's soul is a menagerie where Conscience, the animal-tamer, lives with a collection of wild beasts.
friends made
Friends made fast seldom remain fast.
soul gold settling
Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls.
moving men earth
Man and the earth move in orbits: what they did before, they will do again.
happiness water gold
Happiness and unhappiness differ as a bucket hammered from gold differs from one pressed in tin ... Each carries the same water.
dollars idealism ideals
You cannot chase a dollar and an ideal at the same time.
men ideas fire
The collision of a great man with a great idea strikes fire in dry flax.
fire gains youth
We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth.
men insanity insane
A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound.
justice temples facade
Justice and the facade of a temple are seen best from the outside.
law ships rudders
Law is the rudder of the ship of state.
music music-is
Music is another lady that talks charmingly and says nothing.
taxes
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
cast
When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.