Its not only the most difficult thing to know ones self, but the most inconvenient. – Josh Billings
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. – 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 miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide. – Josh Billings