Quotes by Edgar Howe

• Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.
• 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.
• If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
• If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
• Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
• For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
• Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
• Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
• Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
• Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
• Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
• Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
• All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
• A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
• A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
• A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
• A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
• Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
• The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
• To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
• There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
• The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
• The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
• The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
• The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
• The most destructive criticism is indifference.
• 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.
• 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.
• A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
• The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
• The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
• The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
• One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
• 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.
• Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
• The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
• Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
• When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
• When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
• Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
• When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.