Quotes By E. W. Howe

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.

The most destructive criticism is indifference.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

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