Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw. — Josh Billings Adam 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
“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.” — Josh Billings Blunders Copy Share Image
Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand. — Josh Billings Learning Copy Share Image
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.… — Josh Billings Famous 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
If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it… — Josh Billings Ability Copy Share Image
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed — Josh Billings Wisdom Copy Share Image
It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so. — Josh Billings Doe 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
Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something. — Josh Billings Influence Copy Share Image
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change. — Josh Billings Communication 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
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. — Josh Billings Evidence Copy Share Image
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe… — Josh Billings Happiness Copy Share Image
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. — Josh Billings Every man Copy Share Image
A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. — Josh Billings Enjoy Copy Share Image
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies. — Josh Billings Experience Copy Share Image
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. — Josh Billings Conversation Copy Share Image
The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do. — Josh Billings Fool Copy Share Image
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. — Josh Billings Choices Copy Share Image
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. --Josh Billings — Josh Billings Life Copy Share Image
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. — Josh Billings Adversity Copy Share Image
