Eden Phillpotts quotes:

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.

Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.

A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.