Quotes
He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling. That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment. The best thing I know between France and England is the sea. The life of the husbandman,-a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven. Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad. As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate;' and the water, put nought in it malice. Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps. That questionable superfluity-small beer. The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.douglas william jerrold
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