Quotes from E. W. Howe

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.

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

A women could never be President. A condidate must be over 35, and where are you going to find a woman who will admit she's over 35?

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

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

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

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age.

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

No scheme pays as well as legitimate business.

In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.

People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

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 feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.