Josh Billings

“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.”

“No one can disgrace us but ourselves.”

“Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.”

“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.”

“It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.”

“There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.”

“Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.”

“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.”

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