“Tew bring up a child in the wa he should go—travel that wa yourself.”

— Josh Billings, Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings, Chapter 78, 1865

About Josh Billings

1818 – 1885

Pen name of the American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw.

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

“I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so.”

“Don't mistake vivacity for wit, thare iz about az mutch difference az thare iz between lightning and a lightning bug.”

“Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?"”

“Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!”

“It may be called the Master Passion—the hunger for Self-Approval.”

“The only possible society is oneself.”