498 Quotes by Josh Billings

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed

Misanthropy don't pay - there ain't no man living whose hate the world cares one cuss for.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They're different breeds of dogs.

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

Ambition is like a treadmill...you no sooner get to the end of it then you begin again.

Be kind to your mother-in-law but pay for her board at some good hotel

Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion.

Revenge holds the cup to the lips of another but drinks the dregs itself.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.