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Josh Billings

Josh Billings




Full Name: Pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw

Birthdate: April 20, 1818
Birthplace: Lanesboro, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date of Death: October 14, 1885

Occupation: Author
Profile: 19th century American humorist and lecturer.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Billings
Number of Quotes: 6




Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

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