Jerome Klapka Jerome

Throw the lumber over, man

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing

everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died