E. W. Howe Quotes - Page 2

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.

A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

Don't be crazy to do a lot of things you can't do.

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

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

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

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.

Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.

At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.

Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.