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.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
hundred known remarkable
I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else
cologne flattery swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
follies man
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
contentment man moral success
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
ability consider gets postage stick success till
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.