Reform Quotes by 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

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

— 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 only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

— Mary Wilson Little

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

— 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

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

— Mary Wilson Little

If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.

— Mary Wilson Little

“There's no pleasure in having nothing to do. The pleasure is in having lots to do and not doing it.”

— Mary Wilson Little

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

— Mary Wilson Little