It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
...But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are… — 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
