Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
people good-man religion
There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.
people lasts reputation
Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
running optimism people
Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
people world underworld
It takes all sorts of people to make a world.
appreciate people hammers
There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
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.
religion
Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
late life love measles worse
Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.
hit men-and-women surest
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
heart humor harmony
Humor is the harmony of the heart.
agents world ink
The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
causes misery kind
Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.
wit malice
Malice blunts the point of wit.
nice fancy modesty
Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.