Josh Billings

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't read more

It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend read more

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.