Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. Josh Billings on good
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. Josh Billings on happiness
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. Josh Billings on happiness
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. Josh Billings on health
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. Josh Billings on home
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. Josh Billings on hope
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. Josh Billings on imagination
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. Josh Billings on intelligence
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. Josh Billings on intelligence
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. Josh Billings on knowledge
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings on learning
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. Josh Billings on learning
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. Josh Billings on life
Love looks through a telescope envy, through a microscope. Josh Billings on love
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Josh Billings on love
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. Josh Billings on marriage
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. Josh Billings on money
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. Josh Billings on money
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. Josh Billings on money
I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money. Josh Billings on money