The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. — Josh Billings Pay Copy Share Image
Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater. — Josh Billings Caution Copy Share Image
Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. — Josh Billings Procrastination Copy Share Image
Society is composed of slow Christians and wide-awake sinners. — Josh Billings Awake Copy Share Image
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. — Josh Billings Funny Copy Share Image
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout. — Josh Billings Lord Copy Share Image
Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than ourselves. — Josh Billings This world Copy Share Image
It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat. — Josh Billings Beats Copy Share Image
Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu… — Josh Billings Creeds Copy Share Image
The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is. — Josh Billings He man Copy Share Image
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for. — Josh Billings Attributes Copy Share Image
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. — Josh Billings Enjoy Copy Share Image
Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel. — Josh Billings Christianity Copy Share Image
When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return. — Josh Billings Extras 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 About yourself Copy Share Image
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings Common Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won t. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments. — Josh Billings Commandments Copy Share Image
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — Josh Billings Life Copy Share Image
Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but… — Josh Billings Baths Copy Share Image