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• He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- Douglas Jerrold's Wi...
• He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- A Charitable Ma...
• Ambition's like a circle on the water, which never ceases to enlarge itself, 'till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
  -- William Shakespeare...
• I have done the state some service, and they know 't.
  No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am...
• The nobleman of the garden. -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- The Pineapple
• The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- Douglas Jerrold's Wi...
• Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself. -- Douglas Jerrold
• That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment. -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- A Comic Autho
• The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling. Douglas Jerrold