“Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Farmers worry only during the growing season but town people worry all the time.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can’t get there is the meanest feeling in the world.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“When people hear good music it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“If a man has money it is usually a sign too that he knows how to take care of it don’t imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money and that is to enjoy earning it.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“If a friend is in trouble don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“When I am idle and shiftless my affairs become confused when I work I get results … not great results but enough to encourage me.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“When a friend is in trouble don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“There is only one thing people like that is good for them a good night’s sleep.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“A reasonable probability is the only certainty.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.”
— Edgar Watson Howe
“If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that’s not orthodox.”
— Edgar Watson Howe