Quotes by E. W. Howe

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.

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

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing – but we all do and call it Hope.

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

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

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.

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

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.