Jerome Klapka Jeromewas an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat... (wikipedia)
The only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.
That's Harris all over - so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.
A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.