Quotes by Edgar Watson Howe
| If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. |
| The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it. |
| One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool. |
| What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. |
| When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have. |
| When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. |
| I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense. |
| Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better. |
| A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. |
| Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. |
| Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. |
| Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies. |
