Josh Billings Man Quotations

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he can.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

When a man loses his health, then he first begins to take good care of it

Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there isn't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.