Quotes By Josh Billings

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

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

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.