498 Quotes by Josh Billings

You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.

There are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency; and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.

People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.