Reason often makes mistakes but conscience never does.

Quote by Josh Billings

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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you...

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 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...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

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...

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

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.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind...

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind...