E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

death
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

-E. W. Howe

experience
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

-E. W. Howe

faith
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

-E. W. Howe

friendship
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

-E. W. Howe

friendship
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

-E. W. Howe

friendship
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

-E. W. Howe

friendship
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

-E. W. Howe

good
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

home
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

-E. W. Howe

home
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

-E. W. Howe

home
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

-E. W. Howe

hope
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

-E. W. Howe

learning
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

men
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

-E. W. Howe

mom
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

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

-E. W. Howe

trust
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

-E. W. Howe

war
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

-E. W. Howe

work
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

-E. W. Howe

valentinesday

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