Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

you've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

how impossible it is not to laugh in some company, or to laugh in others.

half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow.

Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!