Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

- William Dean Howells

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

- William Dean Howells

If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.

- William Dean Howells

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and s…

- William Dean Howells

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

- William Dean Howells

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does…

- William Dean Howells

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

- William Dean Howells

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

- William Dean Howells

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

- William Dean Howells