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.
Edgar Watson Howe

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
Edgar Watson Howe

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Edgar Watson Howe

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
Edgar Watson Howe

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
Edgar Watson Howe

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
Edgar Watson Howe

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
Edgar Watson Howe

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
Edgar Watson Howe

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Edgar Watson 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.
Edgar Watson Howe

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
Edgar Watson Howe

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
Edgar Watson Howe

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
Edgar Watson Howe

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
Edgar Watson Howe

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
Edgar Watson Howe

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
Edgar Watson Howe

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
Edgar Watson Howe

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
Edgar Watson Howe

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.
Edgar Watson Howe

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
Edgar Watson Howe