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

Quote by Douglas William Jerrold

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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

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to...

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to...

The sharp employ the sharp.

The sharp employ the sharp.

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.

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...

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...

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

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

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