E. W. Howe Quotes - Page 5

Some people never have anything except ideals.

Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.

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

There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.

Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.

A poem is no place for an idea.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

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

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

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

Most of us are either too think to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking.