Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed — Josh Billings Flattery Copy Share Image
The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do. — Josh Billings Fool Copy Share Image
Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so. — Josh Billings Damage Copy Share Image
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. — Josh Billings Best way 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 Copy Share Image
Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple. — Josh Billings Authorship Copy Share Image
It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite… — Josh Billings 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 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 Copy Share Image
Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. — Josh Billings Age Copy Share Image
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. — Josh Billings Best time Copy Share Image
You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers. — Josh Billings Flower Copy Share Image
If animals had reason, they would act just as ridiculous as we menfolks do. — Josh Billings Animal Copy Share Image
To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately. — Josh Billings Character Copy Share Image
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them. — Josh Billings Absence Copy Share Image
If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven? — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It's not so hard to get rich as it is to know when you have gotten rich. — Josh Billings Deep thought Copy Share Image
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. — Josh Billings Happiness Copy Share Image
Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them. — Josh Billings Bees Copy Share Image
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings Demand Copy Share Image
I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else. — Josh Billings 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 Copy Share Image
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice. — Josh Billings 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 Copy Share Image
