Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
hit men-and-women surest
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
late life love measles worse
Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.
snakes may thorns
Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.
beer questionable
That questionable superfluity small beer.
gravity convincing
Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
names slugs world
Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there is the slime.
money shining slave
We are all slaves to the shining metal.
rogues lost
Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.
patience strong despair
Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.
first-love second-chance firsts
I would like to have a second chance at my first love.
time educational long
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
coquetry coquette victim
A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
employment
The sharp employ the sharp.
waiting world used
In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.