The first object of all work--not the principal one, but the first
and necessary one--is to get food, clothes, lodging, and fuel.
But it is quite possible to have too much of all these things. I
know a great many gentlemen, who eat too large dinners; a great many
ladies, who have too many clothes. I know there is lodging to spare in
London, for I have several houses there myself, which I can't let.
And I know there is fuel to spare everywhere, since we get up steam
to pound the roads with, while our men stand idle; or drink till they
can't stand, idle, or otherwise.