It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.

— Josh Billings

It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient one too.

— Josh Billings

It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient too.

— Josh Billings

It is the little things that fret and worries us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly.

— Josh Billings

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

— Josh Billings

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

— Josh Billings

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

— Josh Billings

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you do hold well.

— Josh Billings

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

— Josh Billings

Love looks through a telescope envy through a microscope.

— Josh Billings