24 Quotes by Edgar Watson Howe

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.

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

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.

A thief believes everybody steals.

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.

No man's credit is ever as good as his money.