There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome. — Josh Billings Being wise Copy Share Image
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design. — Josh Billings Accidents Copy Share Image
I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.” — Josh Billings Blunders Copy Share Image
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there. — Josh Billings Stamp Copy Share Image
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings Angel Copy Share Image
Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them. — Josh Billings Husband Copy Share Image
Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won t. — Josh Billings Fools Copy Share Image
Pride seems to be equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem to have it… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. — Josh Billings Money Copy Share Image
Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments. — Josh Billings Comedy Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. — Josh Billings Advice 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
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder. — Josh Billings Blunder Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
“Genius after all ain't anything more then elegant common sense.” — Josh Billings Common sense Copy Share Image
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it. — Josh Billings Books Copy Share Image
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. — Josh Billings Animal Copy Share Image
There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel. — Josh Billings Children Copy Share Image
The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others. — Josh Billings Charity Copy Share Image
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Dollars Copy Share Image
People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel. — Josh Billings People Copy Share Image
The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
