Top 160 E.W. Howe Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “A woman who can’t forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.”

— E.W. Howe

52. “Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.”

— E.W. Howe

53. “A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

55. “Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.”

— E.W. Howe

56. “Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.”

— E.W. Howe

57. “A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.”

— E.W. Howe

58. “We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.”

— E.W. Howe

59. “Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.”

— E.W. Howe

60. “Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.”

— E.W. Howe

61. “Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.”

— E.W. Howe

62. “Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

64. “People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.”

— E.W. Howe

65. “One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.”

— E.W. Howe

66. “A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.”

— E.W. Howe

67. “Everyone hates a martyr; it’s no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.”

— E.W. Howe

68. “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.”

— E.W. Howe

69. “Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.”

— E.W. Howe

70. “I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.”

— E.W. Howe

71. “When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.”

— E.W. Howe

72. “You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.”

— E.W. Howe

73. “It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.”

— E.W. Howe

74. “Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.”

— E.W. Howe

75. “The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.”

— E.W. Howe

76. “Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.”

— E.W. Howe

77. “Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.”

— E.W. Howe

78. “A poem is no place for an idea.”

— E.W. Howe

79. “When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”

— E.W. Howe

80. “A women could never be President. A condidate must be over 35, and where are you going to find a woman who will admit she’s over 35?”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

82. “Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.”

— E.W. Howe

83. “A conquered foe should be watched.”

— E.W. Howe

84. “The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.”

— E.W. Howe

85. “A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

87. “The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.”

— E.W. Howe

88. “People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.”

— E.W. Howe

89. “Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.”

— E.W. Howe

90. “Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.”

— E.W. Howe

91. “Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.”

— E.W. Howe

92. “Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

94. “Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.”

— E.W. Howe

95. “If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.”

— E.W. Howe

96. “There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night’s sleep.”

— E.W. Howe

97. “When you can’t do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.”

— E.W. Howe

98. “A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.”

— E.W. Howe

99. “Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.”

— E.W. Howe

100. “American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.”

— E.W. Howe