Pity costs nothin' and ain't worth nothin'.

— Josh Billings

Pity costs nothing and ain't worth nothing.

— Josh Billings

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

— Josh Billings

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.

— Josh Billings

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

— Josh Billings

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

— Josh Billings

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

— Josh Billings

There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen.

— Josh Billings

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

— Josh Billings

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

— Josh Billings