Quotes By E. W. Howe

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.