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
funny witty memories
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
lying funny-business known
I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.
funny time spares
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
funny money next
I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.
funny acceptance discovery
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
funny witty humorous
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
funny life men
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
funny money income
You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.
inspirational funny life
The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.
funny-life heart journey
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
funny humor fools-day
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
funny witty educational
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
funny happiness happy
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.
funny trust truth
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.