The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide. – Josh Billings
The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod. – Josh Billings
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. – Josh Billings
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash. – Josh Billings