Quotes from Josh Billings

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

Money will buy a pretty good dog but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself and then deliberately gets into.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Truth is the edict of God.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.

What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.

Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.