E. W. Howe

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

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

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.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

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

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

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

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

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

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

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

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

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

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

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

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.

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.