24 Quotes by Edgar Watson Howe

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

Those who are actually in society, are not as ridiculous as those who are trying to get in.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but town's people worry all the time.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.