43 quotes by Josh Billings

“The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.” — Josh Billings

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“There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.” — Josh Billings

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“There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.” — Josh Billings

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“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.” — Josh Billings

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“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.” — Josh Billings

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“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.” — Josh Billings

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“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.” — Josh Billings

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“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.” — Josh Billings

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“It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.” — Josh Billings

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“A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.” — Josh Billings

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“Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.” — Josh Billings

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“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.” — Josh Billings

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“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.” — Josh Billings

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“There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.” — Josh Billings

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“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.” — Josh Billings

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“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.” — Josh Billings

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“The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.” — Josh Billings

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“The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.” — Josh Billings

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