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Quotes by Edgar Watson Howe

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
– Edgar Watson Howe
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
– Edgar Watson Howe
A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
– Edgar Watson Howe
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
– Edgar Watson Howe
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
– Edgar Watson Howe
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
– Edgar Watson Howe
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
– Edgar Watson Howe
The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
– Edgar Watson Howe
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
– Edgar Watson Howe
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
– Edgar Watson Howe
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
– Edgar Watson Howe
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
– Edgar Watson Howe
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
– Edgar Watson Howe
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
– Edgar Watson Howe
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.
– Edgar Watson Howe
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
– Edgar Watson Howe
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
– Edgar Watson Howe
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
– Edgar Watson Howe
A poem is no place for an idea.
– Edgar Watson Howe