Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

Douglas William Jerrold delivers witty, satirical bites on politics, nature and human folly, great for readers who like sharp humor.

27 quotes

1. He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

2. The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

3. That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.

4. The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

5. The life of the husbandman,-a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.

6. Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

7. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

8. 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.

9. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.

10. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.

11. As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate;' and the water, put nought in it malice.

12. Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

13. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.

14. That questionable superfluity-small beer.

15. The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

16. Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

17. Humor is the harmony of the heart.

18. Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.

19. Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.

20. Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

21. Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

22. That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.

23. A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

24. Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

25. Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

26. In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

27. Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.