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
american-comedian animals dog earth loves
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
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
love powerful want-something
Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
best-love fun lovers
It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.
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.
love-is mirrors broken
Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
love workout sweetheart
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
love friendship dog
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
love sight machines
Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.
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.