Douglas William Jerrold

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#gardens #grows #our #own #picked

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

— Douglas William Jerrold

#heart #hit #kneeling #surest #surest way

We love peace, but not peace at any price. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#love #peace #price

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#judged #like #marriage #properly #second

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

— Douglas William Jerrold

#between #england #france #i #know

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

#hang #like #long #made #shirts

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#duck #held #his #man #merciful

In this world truth can wait; she is used to it. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#truth #used #wait #world

Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#late #life #like #love #measles

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#knees #religion