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
men quality doe
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
dog men kind
The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.
men talking sublime
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
wise men solitude
A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone.
men world laziness
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
men
Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.
men emotion melancholy
I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.
running dog men
A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
men giving advice
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
wise men profit
It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.
wise men want
It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.
wise men thinking
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.
men conservative radical
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.
men wrinkles habit
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.