More from Douglas William Jerrold

  1. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.
  2. As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate;' and the water, put nought in it malice.
  3. 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 …
  4. Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
  5. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
  6. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
  7. Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
  8. That questionable superfluity-small beer.

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