Henry Wheeler Shaw Quotes

• As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Truth

• Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice, Funny

• Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice, Funny

• Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice

• My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice

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

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

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• Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice

• When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants – and I give it to him.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Advice

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

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Intelligence

• 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.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Wisdom

• Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

  Topics in Wisdom

• A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

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

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

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

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Don’t ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

Henry Wheeler Shaw (95)

Birth:	21st April, 1818
Death:	14th October, 1885
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Humorist, Writer

About

Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was born in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA. He was a famous humor writer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain, during the latter half of the 19th century. He wrote several books include: Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings, Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, The Complete Works Of Josh Billings, Farmers' Allminax, and Old Probability.

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