Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
men credit pay
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
people world underworld
It takes all sorts of people to make a world.
god men said
God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.
self law defense
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
beer questionable
That questionable superfluity small beer.
men may attorney
The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
earthquakes rubbish england
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.
appreciate people hammers
There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
children light childhood
A creature undefiled by the taint of the world, unvexed by its injustice, unwearied by its hollow pleasures; a being fresh from the source of light, with something of its universal lustre in it. If childhood be this, how holy the duty to see that in its onward growth it shall be no other!
men advice authorship
Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.
cheer good-cheer cheerfulness
Nature designed us to be of good cheer.
sports health athlete
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
jobs work people
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.
jewels belief made
Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.