WIST Quotations

Billings, Josh -- Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, ch. 60 “Josh Chaws His Cud” (1868)

Dave — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:59:20 +0000

Those who retire from the world on akount ov its sin and peskyness must not forgit that they hav got tew keep kompany with a person who wants just as much watching as ennyboddy else.

[Those who retire from the world on account of its sin and peskiness must not forget that they have got to keep company with a person who wants just as much watching as anybody else.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, ch. 60 “Josh Chaws His Cud” (1868)

Billings, Josh -- Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 165 “Affurisms: Shooting Stars” (1874)

Dave — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:22:52 +0000

I dont never hav enny trubble in regulating mi own kondukt, but tew keep other pholks straight iz what bothers me.

[I don’t never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks straight is what bothers me.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 165 “Affurisms: Shooting Stars” (1874)