“ There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. Josh Billings
“ The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings
“ As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. Josh Billings
“ There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. Josh Billings
“ I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry. Josh Billings
“ Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. Josh Billings
“ Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings
“ In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail. Josh Billings
“ Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time. Josh Billings
“ There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and knees and plays around the mouth like a pretty moth aro… Josh Billings
