E. W. Howe
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way inCollection: Simple
The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.Collection: Children
A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.Collection: Good Luck
Good manners do more for a man that good looks.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Marriage
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedyCollection: Suffering
The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.Collection: Government
A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.Collection: Success
Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.Collection: Should Have
It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.Collection: Regret
A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.Collection: Men
At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.Collection: Husband
Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.Collection: Men
I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.Collection: Trying
One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.Collection: Cost
Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.Collection: Men
Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.Collection: Respect
Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.Collection: Men
The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.Collection: Men
Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.Collection: Faith
Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.Collection: Girl
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.Collection: Sweet
When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.Collection: Men
Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.Collection: Courage
If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.Collection: Work
No man's credit is ever as good as his money.Collection: Funny
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.Collection: Funny
A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.Collection: Inspirational
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.Collection: Business
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.Collection: Forgiveness
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a foolCollection: Funny
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.Collection: Wise
Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.Collection: Men
Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.Collection: People