E. W. Howe Trying Quotations

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

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

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

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