Edgar Watson Howe
» Adversity » “Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.”
» Agreement » “You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue — agree with him.”
» Amusement » “The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.”
» Argument » “The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.”
» Causes » “The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.”
» Children » “Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.”
» Common Sense » “Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.”
» Complaints and Complaining » “I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.”
» Crime and Criminals » “Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.”
» Difficulties » “As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.”
» Difficulties » “Don’t be crazy to do a lot of things you can’t do .”
» Farming and Farmers » “Farmers only worry during the growing season, but towns people worry all the time.”
» Fights and Fighting » “The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.”
» Fishing » “Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”
» Food and Eating » “Most of us are either too think to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking.”
» Forgiveness » “A woman who can’t forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.”
» Freedom » “1300 freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.”
» Guests » “To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”
» Heroes and Heroism » “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.”
» Home » “The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.”
» Humility » “A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.”
» Injury » “Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.”
» Judgment and Judges » “The average man’s judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.”
» Laughter » “If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you grow old.”
» Modesty » “The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.”
» Money » “When a man says money can do anything, that settles it. He hasn’t any.”
» Money » “No man’s credit is ever as good as his money.”
» Promises » “Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.”
» Punctuality » “Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.”
» Reform » “I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.”
» Reputation » “What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.”
» Respectability » “One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.”
» Secrets » “Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.”
» Success » “Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them…”
» Theory » “A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.”
» Theory » “A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.”
» Time and Time Management » “When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.”
» Trials » “All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.”
» Trials » “The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.”
» Trust » “When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”
» Truth » “Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.”
» Trying » “People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.”
» Virtue » “Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.”
» Youth » “Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.”
