I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.
For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
What have I gained by health? Intolerable dullness. What by mode meals? A total blank.
For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.
I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.
Damn the age. I'll write for antiquity.