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

Quote by Douglas William Jerrold

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The sharp employ the sharp.

The sharp employ the sharp.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or...

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or...

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would...

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would...

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

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

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

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

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

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive...

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive...