Edgar Watson Howe Quotes

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 man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

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.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

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