More from Douglas William Jerrold

  1. The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
  2. The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
  3. He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
  4. The life of the husbandman,-a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.
  5. Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
  6. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
  7. 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 …
  8. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.

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