If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own. — Josh Billings Grievance Copy Share Image
A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe. — Josh Billings Distinction 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 Enough Copy Share Image
If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved. — Josh Billings Changing Copy Share Image
Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air. — Josh Billings Air Copy Share Image
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first. — Josh Billings Beautiful morning Copy Share Image
I hold that a man has as much right to spell a word as it is pronounced as he has to pronounce… — Josh Billings Men 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 Faith Copy Share Image
Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly… — Josh Billings Appreciation 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 Certain Copy Share Image
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. — Josh Billings God Copy Share Image
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. — Josh Billings Exaggeration Copy Share Image
