Grace?
That will come in time.

A wife?
That is none of the indispensable requisites of life.

Books?
That is one of them; and I have more than I can use.

In short, I cannot find any pleasure of consequence which I am not possessed of in a greater or less degree; and, without any great effort of philosophy, I may be easy and satisfied.
"As there is no happiness without occupation, I have begun a work which will occupy me several years, and which yields me much satisfaction.

'Tis a History of Britain from the Union of the Crowns to the present time.