Douglas JerroldThinkers

Conservatism is never able to relish the full moon, out of respect for that venerable institution, the old one.

A Conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Cooking is a true achievement of humanity. Man is the greatest animal in creation because he is the animal who cooks.

Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.

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

Humor is the harmony of the heart.

Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

Love is like measles - all the worse if it comes late in life.

Malice blunts the point of wit.

Man is the greatest animal in creation, the animal who cooks.