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
common-sense genius comedy
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
self-esteem self-respect comedy
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
intelligence aristocracy comedy
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
pay ruins comedy
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.
men moral comedy
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
faith men comedy
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
things-in-life two comedy
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.
common-sense genius comedy
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
fools-and-foolishness mostly
Everyone has his foolishness and mostly those are the most interesting things a person has.
best convince fool fools-and-foolishness wrong
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way
certain child cunning teach victims
Never teach your child to be cunning for you may be certain that you will be one of the first victims of his shrewdness
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
breed mistake pleasures
Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.
both credit stand suspicion temptation
Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion