My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

Quote by Josh Billings

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There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

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...

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense...

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense...

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...

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

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...

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

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

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.