If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
E. W. HoweWe must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
E. W. HoweA religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.
E. W. HoweThe most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
E. W. Howe