E. W. Howe Quotes
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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I have noticed that my likes and dislikes do not create any great excitement. And how people try to get away when I attempt to talk!
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can 'talk' about him.
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
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When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.
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Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
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A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.
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When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.