“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.”
Happiness
“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.”
MoneyAll Quotes by Josh Billings
“The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.”
Best“It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.”
Money“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.”
Faith“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
Good“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.”
Funny“Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”
Learning“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.”
Age“Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.”
Intelligence“There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.”
Fitness“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.”
God“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
Best“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”
Funny“Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope.”
Love“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
Money“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
Best“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.”
Fear“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”
Learning“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.”
Travel“There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.”
Truth