The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle,… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up. — Josh Billings Copy Share
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings Copy Share
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. — Josh Billings Copy Share
Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of. — Josh Billings Copy Share
Its harly my dog A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. — Josh Billings Copy Share
A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never… — Josh Billings Copy Share
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative. — Josh Billings Copy Share
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. — Josh Billings Copy Share
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Copy Share
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity. — Josh Billings Copy Share
The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other. — Josh Billings Copy Share
