E. W. Howe
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.Collection: New
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.Collection: Anniversary
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.Collection: Death
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.Collection: Good
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.Collection: War
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.Collection: Work
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.Collection: Friendship
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.Collection: Respect
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.Collection: Learning
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.Collection: Chance
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.Collection: Friendship
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.Collection: Men
Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.Collection: Men
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.Collection: Music
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.Collection: Home
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.Collection: Friendship
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.Collection: Marriage
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.Collection: Friendship
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.Collection: Mom
A thief believes everybody steals.
A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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.
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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.
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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.
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.