Mary Wilson Little Quotes & Sayings

If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform. — Mary Wilson Little

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. — Mary Wilson Little

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. — Mary Wilson Little

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time. — Mary Wilson Little

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping. — Mary Wilson Little

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes. — Mary Wilson Little

A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick. — Mary Wilson Little

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little