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
forgiveness revenge vengeance
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
fall rivers floating
Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.
law satire
Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.
inspirational funny dog
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
motivational health ideas
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
inspirational life bad-day
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
common-sense genius comedy
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
sarcastic sarcasm poverty
Remember the poor, it costs nothing.
humility humble men
The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.
people advice opinion
Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.
relationship jealousy hate
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
inspirational life motivational
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
inspirational funny motivational
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
adversity forever sparks
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.