Being his own master, he decided not to overwork himself, and in fact worked only enough to make his board.

He was continually grumbling over his bad luck, although Joshua told him plainly that it wasn't luck, but industry, he lacked.
"If you'd work like we do," said Bickford, "you wouldn't need to complain.

Your claim is just as good as ours, as far as we can tell." "Then let us go in as partners," said Hogan.
"Not much.

You ain't the kind of partner I want." "I was always unfortunate," said Hogan.
"You were always lazy, I reckon.

You were born tired, weren't you ?" "My health ain't good," said Hogan.