E. W. Howe

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#farmers #growing #only #season #time

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#fishing #form #loafing #seems

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#before #every #hundred #man #others

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#half #men #talking #think #time

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

#care #easy #get #his #how

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#asylums #away #children #filled #home

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

#experience #expression #faith #giving #human

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#convince #difficult #encounter #geometry #hard

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#cold #friendship #get #may #most

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#doing #everyday #ideals #like #living