Douglas Jerrold

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

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

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.

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
[Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
[Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]

Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader

Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought
in in malice.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought
in in malice.