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
bits dodge fly fret worry
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us, we can dodge an elephant, but we can't a fly
follies man
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
care few speakers-and-speaking
I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
american-comedian best man rarest
One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.
affection american-comedian best cures man pride puts temporary vomit wants
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
breakfast work
Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first.
good poor solitude stay
Solitude: A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay
charms hath music savage soothe
Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first
depends life man stuff whether
Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of
bad goes kant later life love
Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later in life we have it the tuffer it goes with us
fully life prepared twins
There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins
rich trouble
It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
borrow income money within
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so