Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
book blessed heart
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.
quality-not-quantity quality quantity
Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
funny marriage wine
Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
wedding love-and-marriage gowns
After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
garden agriculture laughing
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
religion
Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
late life love measles worse
Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.
hit men-and-women surest
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
men steel wit
Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
people good-man religion
There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.
beautiful children noise
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.