Dont take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. – Josh Billings
Dont ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. – Josh Billings
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings