Quote

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

Josh Billings

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Bear
Bears
Whether
Everyone
Thinner
Fear
Ice
Anxious
Anxiety

More quotes by Josh Billings

Image
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
Josh Billings
Image
the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
Josh Billings
Image
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Josh Billings
Image
Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.
Josh Billings
Image
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.
Josh Billings
Image
The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another.
Josh Billings
Image
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
Josh Billings
Image
Keep a cow, and then the milk won't have to be watered but once.
Josh Billings
Image
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.
Josh Billings
Image
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Josh Billings
Image
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven
Josh Billings
Image
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
Josh Billings
Image
There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.
Josh Billings
Image
Method is the arithmetic of success.
Josh Billings
Image
Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.
Josh Billings
Image
Where religion is a trade, morality is a merchandise.
Josh Billings
Image
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.
Josh Billings
Image
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Josh Billings
Image
Vanity is a strange passion rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
Josh Billings
Image
A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.
Josh Billings