Douglas William Jerrold (London 3 January 1803 – 8 June 1857 London) was an English dramatist and writer.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
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 is the slime.
Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.
Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.
Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.
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.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
The sharp employ the sharp.
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.
Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.
Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
We are all slaves to the shining metal.
Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
Humor is the harmony of the heart.
A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.