Douglas William Jerrold

The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

That questionable superfluity—small beer.

Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.

Self-defence is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in it malice.

He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.

A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.

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.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.

The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image."