498 Quotes by Josh Billings

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.