1803-1857, British Humorist, Playwright
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.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Pleasure]
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Fortune]
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Happiness]
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing, but a supply of toothpicks.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Philanthropists]
He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Kindness]
In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Truth]
Love's like the measles; all the worse when it comes late in life.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Love]
Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Marriage]
Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Peace]
Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Prayer]
Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Luck]
The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Nations]
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Exercise]
The sharp employ the sharp.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Work]
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Heart]
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Peace]
Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.
Douglas William Jerrold – [Treason]