Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
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.
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.