About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. – Josh Billings
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread. – Josh Billings
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. – Josh Billings
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can’t tell the truth without lying. – Josh Billings
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. – Josh Billings
Every man has his follies – and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. – Josh Billings
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can’t help but smile on it. – Josh Billings
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do. – Josh Billings