The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream. — Josh Billings 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
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
