Edgar Watson Howe

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

"Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. "

"Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies. "

"I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense. "

"If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. "

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

"Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. "

"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool. "

"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it. "

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

"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. "

"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have. "