E. W. Howe

As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.

There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.

So many of the optimists in the world don't own a hundred dollars, and because of their optimism, never will.

People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy.

Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.

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

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.

Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.