Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
snakes creeps slander
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
voting vote election-day
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
would-be cry poor
What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
crime intoxication epitome
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
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.
men two pay
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
quality moral etiquette
Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
men shows gentleness
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
gravity convincing
Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
grumbling trouble deserve
Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
friendship golden golden-rule
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.
curiosity ears tongue
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.
money shining slave
We are all slaves to the shining metal.
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.