Edgar Watson Howe

Found 19 thoughts of Edgar Watson Howe

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

Edgar Watson Howe

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Edgar Watson Howe

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

Edgar Watson Howe

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

Edgar Watson Howe

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

Edgar Watson Howe

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

Edgar Watson Howe

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

Edgar Watson Howe

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

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

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Edgar Watson Howe

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.

Edgar Watson Howe

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

Edgar Watson Howe

A poem is no place for an idea.

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

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

Edgar Watson Howe

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Edgar Watson Howe

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

Edgar Watson Howe

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

Edgar Watson Howe