102 Quotes by Douglas William Jerrold

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman’s softness.

Jewels! It’s my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn’t drive it into their heads with a hammer.

Love the sea? I dote upon it – from the beach.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason – the lawyers didn’t make it.

Man owes two solemn debts – one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one – it flies as well as creeps.

Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don’t go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.

Troubles are like babies – they only grow by nursing.