Quotes by Josh Billings

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

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

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can’t change their opinions and those who won’t.

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