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.
men steel wit
Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
moon men looks
A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
men knaves reputation
That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.
peace war men
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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.
men shows gentleness
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
witty men fireworks
Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.
writing men long
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.
morning men world
A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.
men credit pay
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
god men said
God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.
men may attorney
The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
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.