Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow.… — 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
Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain… — 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 Image
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Its harly my dog A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
