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.
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