E. W. Howe Men Quotations

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

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.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

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

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

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

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

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

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

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

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

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

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

I express many absurd opinions. But I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.

When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.

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

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

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

A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.

There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.

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

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

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

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."

The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

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.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

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

When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.

Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.

The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

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

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

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

When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.

No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less

When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

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

Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.

There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.