Douglas Jerrold

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman.
Eternal love and instant payment!

A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman.
Eternal love and instant payment!

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

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

The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth
and sweetened by the airs of heaven.

The life of the husbandman,--a life led by the bounty of earth
and sweetened by the airs of heaven.

Love's like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

Love's like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.