Quotes By Josh Billings
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Josh Billings
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
Josh Billings
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
Josh Billings
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Josh Billings
As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
Josh Billings
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
Josh Billings
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
Josh Billings
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.
Josh Billings
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
Josh Billings
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.
Josh Billings
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
Josh Billings