Quotes from E. W. Howe

The only thing some people do is get older.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.

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

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

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

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

A thief believes everybody steals.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

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

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

The most destructive criticism is indifference.