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
As in a game of cards, so in the game of life, we must play what is dealt to us, and the… — 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
Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher… — 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 Copy Share Image
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. --Josh Billings — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later in life we have it the tuffer… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. — 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
As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the… — 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
The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of it's value till we loose it — 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
