(109 quotes found)
“A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife”
Edgar Watson Howe
“A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man”
“As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.”
“No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.”
“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.”
“The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home”
“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.”
“Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising”
“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”
“The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship”