Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Josh Billings
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Josh Billings
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Josh Billings
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
Josh Billings
Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail then you can let go when you want to.
Josh Billings
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Josh Billings
All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
Andre Breton
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
Josh Billings
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
Josh Billings
I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.
Josh Billings
Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.
Josh Billings