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

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

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

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.
Edward W. Howe

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

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

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