171 Quotes by E.W. Howe

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.

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

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

You can’t do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can’t do it yourself very well.

Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.