E. W. Howe

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

— E. W. Howe

A poem is no place for an idea.

— E. W. Howe

Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.

— E. W. Howe

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

— E. W. Howe

Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

— E. W. Howe

No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.

— E. W. Howe

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

— E. W. Howe

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

— E. W. Howe

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

— E. W. Howe

What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.

— E. W. Howe

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

— E. W. Howe

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

— E. W. Howe

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

— E. W. Howe

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

— E. W. Howe

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

— E. W. Howe

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

— E. W. Howe

Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse…

— E. W. Howe

The man who insists he as good as anybody, believes he is better.

— E. W. Howe

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due…

— E. W. Howe

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

— E. W. Howe

A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.

— E. W. Howe

If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run…

— E. W. Howe

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

— E. W. Howe

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

— E. W. Howe

We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.

— E. W. Howe