19 Quotes by Douglas Jerrold

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

A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.

Sir, you are like a pin, but without either its head or its point.

Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself

Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.

What would women do if they could not cry? What poor, defenseless creatures they would be

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

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

Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.