A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Edward W. Howe

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
Edward W. Howe

A thief believes everybody steals.
Edward W. Howe

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Edward W. Howe

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.
Edward W. Howe

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

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
Edward W. Howe

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
Edward W. Howe

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
Edward W. Howe

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
Edward W. Howe


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

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

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

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

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

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

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
Edward W. Howe

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

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
Edward W. Howe