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
letting-go want tails
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
ears tails ends
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.
dog tails world
In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.
armed fist four gets hath quarrel
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust
opportunity rare-opportunities knows
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
funny witty memories
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
fully life prepared twins
There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins
borrow income money within
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so
rich trouble
It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.
good sensation showing spot
Laffing iz the sensation ov pheeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot
advice despise hate
We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do
knowledge
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
american-comedian people
The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
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