I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labour, and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months.
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Citation
Ward, Artemus. Artemus Ward in London, and Other Papers. New York: G.W. Carleton & Co./London: S. Low, Son & Co., 1867, ch. 9.