A biography for Josh Billingshasn’t been written yet.
“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.”
“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.”
“Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.”
“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.”
“It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.”
“If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.”
“Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.”
“Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.”
“Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.”
“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.”
“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.”
“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”
“I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.”
“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”
“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.”
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”
“Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.”
“Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.”