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
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
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
fully life prepared twins
There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins
life time long
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
funny life men
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
life faith safety
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
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.
love-is later-in-life love-is-like
Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.
climbing-up life-is-like mountain
Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.
life rich poor
The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
life men years
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
things-in-life two comedy
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.
life adversity fighting
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.