If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

Quote by Josh Billings

Topics: Happiness Quotes

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who...

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't...

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the...

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the...

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist:...

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist:...

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life,...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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

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

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

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

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

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...