Maxioms by Douglas Jerrold
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.
After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than
in any other gown in the world.
After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than
in any other gown in the world.
A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may
be, is in itself nothing--makes read more
A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may
be, is in itself nothing--makes nothing, goes for nothing; but,
be sure of it, everything is life depends upon the cock of the
hat.' For how many men--we put it to your own experience,
reader--have made their way through the thronging crowds that
beset fortune, not by the innate worth and excellence of their
hats, but simply, as Sampson Piebald has it, by 'the cock of
their hats'? The cock's all."
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Eternal love and instant payment!
