Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.Josh Billings
As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.Josh Billings
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.Josh Billings
If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any safety.Josh Billings
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her nose all the time.Josh Billings
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his estimation, and yours too.Josh Billings
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.Josh Billings
It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient, too.Josh Billings
It is the little things that fret and worry us; you can dodge an elephant, but not a fly.Josh Billings
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over, and showing it principally in one spot.Josh Billings
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.Josh Billings
