A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.Edgar Watson Howe
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.Edgar Watson Howe
Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.Edgar Watson Howe
If 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.Edgar Watson 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.Edgar Watson Howe
If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.Edgar Watson Howe
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.Edgar Watson Howe
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.Edgar Watson Howe
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.Edgar Watson Howe
Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little; we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us.Edgar Watson Howe
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.Edgar Watson Howe
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.Edgar Watson Howe
The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent, but in failing to use that one talent.Edgar Watson Howe
There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.Edgar Watson Howe
