“A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.”
Happiness
“I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.”
MoneyAll Quotes by Josh Billings
“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“There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.”
Change“I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.”
Age“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Truth“Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they ain't got.”
Women“The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.”
Fear“Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.”
Knowledge“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
Funny“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.”
Faith“One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.”
Best“One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.”
Best“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”
Money“Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope.”
Love“I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.”
Money“The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.”
Wisdom“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
Best“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
Good“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.”
Intelligence“There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.”
Experience