Jerome K. Jerome

“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.”

“Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”

“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”

“Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need.”

“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.”

“Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.”

“It is a strange world. It is not half so sensible as we should like it to be, nor half so stupid as most of us think it is.”

“We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.”

“People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”

“It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs.”

“The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it.”

“It is a good thing to be a great man, but it is a better thing to be a good man.”