Quotes by Edgar Watson Howe

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

“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.”

“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”

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

“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.”

“A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.”

“If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox.”

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

“If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him.”

“Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.”

“A reasonable probability is the only certainty.”

“There is only one thing people like that is good for them a good night's sleep.”

“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.”

“The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.”

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