Words matter. These are the best E. W. Howe Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Don’t abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
If a woman doesn’t chase a man a little, she doesn’t love him.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
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.
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.
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
A thief believes everybody steals.
The average man’s judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can’t get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
You needn’t love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing – but we all do and call it Hope.
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next.
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
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.
