Quote #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.

More from Douglas William Jerrold

  1. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
  2. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.
  3. Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
  4. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
  5. The life of the husbandman,-a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.
  6. As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate;' and the water, put nought in it malice.
  7. The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
  8. Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

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