Josh Billings

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am read more

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.