Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
