Josh Billings Quotes

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

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

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

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

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.

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

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

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

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

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they actually can't tell the truth without lying.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

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.

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

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

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