“These times of woe afford no time to woo.”
“Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.”
“The happiest folk are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe.”
“At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!”
“I've heard it said that children born to stressful times never shake the air of woe . . . .”
“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”