Josh Billings
Josh Billings
Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain, during the latter half of the 19th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1818
CityLanesborough, MA
CountryUnited States of America
life adversity fighting
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
family children dad
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
meaningful laughter soul
Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
sarcastic men hills
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.
elephants worry dodge
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
inspirational funny time
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
life rich poor
The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
learning science trouble
It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.
hate advice despise
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
family marriage pants
As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
mistake doe reason
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
experience lucky grindstone
Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.
ambition law hunger
Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
worry people sorrow
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.