Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments. — Josh Billings Comedy Copy Share Image
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. — Josh Billings Money Copy Share Image
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong. — Josh Billings Believe Copy Share Image
There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree. — Josh Billings Agree Copy Share Image
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder. — Josh Billings Blunder Copy Share Image
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. — Josh Billings Fit Copy Share Image
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. — Josh Billings Evidence Copy Share Image
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. — Josh Billings Hundred Copy Share Image
When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better… — Josh Billings Fool Copy Share Image
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion. — Josh Billings Hills Copy Share Image
I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his… — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all… — Josh Billings Animal Copy Share Image
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. — Josh Billings Difficult 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 Doors Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. — Josh Billings Animal Copy Share Image
A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it. — Josh Billings Books Copy Share Image
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better. — Josh Billings Easier Copy Share Image
“Genius after all ain't anything more then elegant common sense.” — Josh Billings Common sense Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — Josh Billings Cards Copy Share Image
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. — Josh Billings Greatness Copy Share Image
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. — Josh Billings Health Copy Share Image
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings Funny Copy Share Image
We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves. — Josh Billings Community Copy Share Image
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. — Josh Billings Choices Copy Share Image
He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero. — Josh Billings Adversity Copy Share Image
Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with. — Josh Billings Business Copy Share Image
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail. — Josh Billings Ears Copy Share Image
It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it. — Josh Billings Art Copy Share Image
There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. — Josh Billings Easy Copy Share Image
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. — Josh Billings Amount Copy Share Image