The Pets of Famous Authors:

THE DOG OF OSCAR WILDE AND THE FROG OF MARK TWAIN





THE DOG OF OSCAR WILDE AND THE FROG OF MARK TWAIN

THE DOG OF OSCAR WILDE AND THE FROG OF MARK TWAIN
FAMOUS PETS

ON: BEING HEALTHY

OSCAR WILDE observes:

The possession of good health has only one advantage for me.  The status prevents me from so incapacitated by unhealthy vices that I would not be able to continue to indulge in them.  

MARK TWAIN remarks:

When it comes to the issue of good health, I want to achieve a middle ground.  I want enough of it to avoid major discomfit, but not so much that my friends or wife consider me capable of any effort that involves sustained labor.