Edgar Watson Howe Quotes

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

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

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start.

If a friend is in trouble don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.

If a man has money it is usually a sign too that he knows how to take care of it don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money and that is to enjoy earning it.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

When people hear good music it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.

Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.

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

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

Farmers worry only during the growing season but town people worry all the time.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

When I am idle and shiftless my affairs become confused when I work I get results ... not great results but enough to encourage me.

Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.

Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us.

The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent.

When a friend is in trouble don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

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

Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox.

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

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

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.