Josh Billings

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit read more

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

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

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

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

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.

Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.

Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.