Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door and then it goes in and wakes him up if he's asleep, and ever afterward it works for him as a night watchman.
Finley Peter DunneMost vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
Finley Peter DunneMost vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
Finley Peter DunneHisthry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.
Finley Peter DunneA man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.
Finley Peter DunneWork is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
Finley Peter DunneA rayformer thinks he was ilicted because he was a rayformer, whin th thruth iv th matther is he was ilicted because no wan knew him.
Finley Peter DunneMany a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway whin he comes home late at night.
Finley Peter DunneA fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
Finley Peter DunneThe world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.
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