A quotation from Josh Billings
The time tew be karefullest iz when we hav a hand full ov trumps.
[The time to be carefullest is when we have a hand full of trumps.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-06 (1870 ed.)
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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-06 (1870 ed.) | WIST Quotations
The time tew be karefullest iz when we hav a hand full ov trumps. [The time to be carefullest is when we have a hand full of trumps.] Repeated in Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch.Dave (WIST Quotations)