E. W. Howe Quotes
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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
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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.
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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
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Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.
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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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A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.
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The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.
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We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.
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A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
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A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.
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The trouble in the world is nearly all due to the fact that one-half of the people are men, and the other half women.
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Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.
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Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.
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However disagreeable a situation is to you, you cannot get rid of it by indignation.
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A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling others. But the man who claims to have seen a ghost wants everybody else to believe in ghosts.
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Every man has a long list of things that should be done, but which he knows can't be done. Yet he continues to talk about them as long as he lives.
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When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.