“It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon”

“I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don't have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.”

“If you work hard doing the wrong job, is it really work? Or is it some kind of fakery?”

“Pretentious.""So? I love pretentious people!""Why?""They try so hard to be interesting, you don't have to do any work.”

“Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. Nor do I in any way approve of the modern sympathy with invalids. I consider it morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life.”

“Hard work is what you do to make ends meet, easy work is getting others to do the hard work for you.”