Josh Billings

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Josh Billings

The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass.

Josh Billings

The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.

Josh Billings

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.

Josh Billings

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

Josh Billings

The soul has more diseases than the body.

Josh Billings

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

Josh Billings

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

Josh Billings

The trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that they know so much that ain’t so.

Josh Billings

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

Josh Billings