498 Quotes by Josh Billings

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

Every man has his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

Genius ain’t nothing more than elegant common sense.

It ain't the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.

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

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.