The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. – Josh Billings

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. – Josh Billings
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. – Josh Billings
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it wont buy the wag of his tail. – Josh Billings
The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders