Quotes By Josh Billings

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.