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
hypocrite thinking heaven
If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven?
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.
thinking innocence innocent
The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.
stay-strong home thinking
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
thinking vanity world
There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.
thinking men judgment
The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of; and that is judgment.
husband jealous thinking
Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.
begins care good loses man
When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it
hundred known remarkable
I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else
cologne flattery swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
follies man
Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
contentment man moral success
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
ability consider gets postage stick success till
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
breed mistake pleasures
Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.