It is a curious fact, but nobody ever is sea-sick - on land. At sea, you come across plenty of people very bad indeed, whole boat-loads of them; but … - Jerome K. Jerome

"Harris said, however, that the river would suit him to a "T." I don't know what a "T" is (except a sixpenny one, which includes bread-and- butter and cake AD LIB., and is cheap at the price, if you haven't had any dinner). It seems to suit everybody, however, which is greatly to its credit."

Nothing—so it seems to me...is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. … The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of—of things longer.

Nel caso attuale, per tornare al foglietto illustrativo delle pillole contro il mal di fegato, ne presentavo tutti i sintomi, senza possibilità di errore, e il principale era “una generale avversione nei confronti di qualsiasi tipo di attività”.