Josh Billings (1818-1885)

Quotes

• The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance. It's know'n so many things that ain't so.

• A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.

• It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those we intend to commit.

• Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over, and showing it principally in one place.

• I dont care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

• Ive never known a person to live to one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

• One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

• There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

• The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

• Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

• Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.

• The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

• Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.

• One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.

• If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety.

• Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

• My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.

• No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

• There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

• Those who enter heaven may find the outer walls plastered with creeds, but they won't find any on the inside.