The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment. — Josh Billings Judgment Copy Share Image
It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our… — Josh Billings Greatest obstacles Copy Share Image
The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide. — Josh Billings Buzzards Copy Share Image
When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as… — Josh Billings Enough 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 Ifs Copy Share Image
We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves. — Josh Billings Community Copy Share Image
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow.… — Josh Billings Enough Copy Share Image
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit. — Josh Billings Commit Copy Share Image
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. — Josh Billings Convince Copy Share Image
As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals. — Josh Billings Character Copy Share Image
There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient. — Josh Billings Efficiency Copy Share Image
Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. — Josh Billings Advice Copy Share Image
Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured. — Josh Billings Inspirational Copy Share Image
Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. — Josh Billings Forget Copy Share Image
Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the… — Josh Billings Blow Copy Share Image
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is. — Josh Billings Disgrace Copy Share Image
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of… — Josh Billings Inspiration Copy Share Image
When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes. — Josh Billings Clothes Copy Share Image
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. — Josh Billings Bigs Copy Share Image
There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel. — Josh Billings Children Copy Share Image
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. — Josh Billings Grease Copy Share Image
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. — Josh Billings Amount Copy Share Image
