Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

I would like to have a second chance at my first love.

Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.

The sharp employ the sharp.

Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

That questionable superfluity small beer.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

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

God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.

If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.

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

Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.

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

Humor is the harmony of the heart.

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

Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.

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

We are all slaves to the shining metal.

O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.