He bets on everything, from his wife to the weather.

I often heard your father say that betting is the argument of a fool--and Jonathan Greenwood is of the same opinion." "Have you any particular dislike to the Naylors ?" "I dislike to see Mr.Henry evening himself with such a bad lot; every one of them is as worthless as a canceled postage stamp." "They are rich, I hear." "To be sure they are.

I think no better of them for that.

All they hev has come over the devil's back.

I hev taken the measure of them three lads, and I know them to be three poor creatures.