Josh Billings

Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.

Josh Billings

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

Josh Billings

Silence never makes any blunders.

Josh Billings

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Josh Billings

Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.

Josh Billings

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit.

Josh Billings

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

Josh Billings

The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

Josh Billings

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

Josh Billings

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Josh Billings