Josh Billings (1818-1885)

Quotes

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

• It may be risky to marry for love, but it's so honest that the Lord just has to smile on it.

• You can buy a pretty good dog with a lot of money, but you can't buy the wag of its tail.

• Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are and doing things as they ought to be done.

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

• Consider the postage stamp: its usefullness consits in the ability to stick to one thing 'til it gets there.

• Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

• About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

• Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

• As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

• There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

• Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

• Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.