Quotes from E. W. Howe

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

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

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.

The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

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

Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.

The man who insists he as good as anybody, believes he is better.

The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.

No man's credit is ever as good as his money.

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

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

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.

No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.