Henry Wheeler Shaw Quotes

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

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain’t gout.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

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• One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain’t so wicked as their neighbors.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• 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.

  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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