498 Quotes by Josh Billings

The books are balanced in heaven, not here.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

Taking from others never results in prosperity. If we steal from others, life will steal from us. There is an incredible abundance on this planet. True prosperity begins with feeling good about yourself and about the choices you make. Life is here for us. Life is here to support us in every way. We give out, we get back. 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.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough.