Edgar Watson Howe Quotes and Quotations
About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.
If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.
Farmers worry only during the growing season, but town people worry all the time.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
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.
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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.
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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.
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.
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.
If you knew how cowardly your enemy is, you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
If you knew how cowardly your enemy is, you would slap him.
Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.