498 Quotes by Josh Billings

Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust

If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.

Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.

There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and that is twins

Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.

Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.

There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.