Josh Billings

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God…

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease…

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well…

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain’t…

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe…

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the…

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing…

There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together…

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand…

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best…

I haven’t got as much money as some folks, but I’ve got as much impudence…

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love…

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has…