171 Quotes by E.W. Howe

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

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

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.

Don’t be crazy to do a lot of things you can’t do...

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

A woman who can’t forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

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

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

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