Edgar Watson Howe

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

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.

When I am idle and shiftless my affairs become confused when I work I get results ... not great results but enough to encourage me.

Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.

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.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.

The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent.

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.

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

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him.

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

If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox.

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

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

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep