The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world aint lawful tender for a loaf of bread. – Josh Billings
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. – Josh Billings
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord it aint the gout. – Josh Billings
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. – Michel de Montaigne