Douglas William Jerrold
» Exercise » “The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.”
» Fortune » “Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it’s ten to one if they hang long together.”
» Happiness » “Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger’s gardens.”
» Heart » “The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.”
» Kindness » “He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.”
» Love » “Love’s like the measles; all the worse when it comes late in life.”
» Luck » “Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.”
» Marriage » “Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.”
» Nations » “The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.”
» Peace » “Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.”
» Peace » “There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.”
» Philanthropists » “He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing, but a supply of toothpicks.”
» Pleasure » “Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.”
» Prayer » “Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.”
» Treason » “Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.”
» Truth » “In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.”
» Work » “The sharp employ the sharp.”
