Josh Billings
Josh Billings
Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain, during the latter half of the 19th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1818
CityLanesborough, MA
CountryUnited States of America
honesty giving support
Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance on this planet. True prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself and about the choices you make. Life is here for us. Life is here to support us in every way. We give out, we get back. 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.
medicine good-humor
Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.
poverty kind pity
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.
shoes forget-you trouble
There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.
metaphysics prove
Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.
oil advice enough
Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody.
anxiety bears nuisance
Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance.
way blame agree
The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.
climbing-up life-is-like mountain
Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.
baths danger ifs
Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.
people pleasure well-being
There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it.
secret
Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.
love-is mirrors broken
Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
virtue masters should
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.