1st March: William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells is an American author, born on this date in 1837. Here are ten quotes from him:

1. He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
2. The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
3. There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
4. Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
5. If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
6. It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
7. Primitive societies without religion have never been found.
8. Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
9. Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
10. The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.