Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.Douglas William Jerrold
My notion of a wife at forty is that a man should be able to change her, like a banknote, for two twenties.Douglas William Jerrold
A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon, out of respect for that "ancient institution," the old one.Douglas William Jerrold
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
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.Douglas William Jerrold
Some people's hearts are shrunk in them, like dried nuts. You can hear 'em rattle as they walk.Douglas William Jerrold
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.Douglas William Jerrold
A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!Douglas William Jerrold
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.Douglas William Jerrold
