Edgar Watson Howe

“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”

“A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.”

“What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.”

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

“If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.”

“When a man is in doubt about what to do, he goes to bed.”

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

“No man is a hero to his valet.”

“An editor is a person who separates the wheat from the chaff and prints the chaff.”

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

“A man is a fool if he drinks before he is fifty, and a fool if he doesn't drink afterward.”

“If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.”

“About the only thing on a farm that has an easy time is the dog.”

“Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.”

“The most destructive criticism is the one that is stupid and stated politely.”

“It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.”

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