[R]eputation is an idle and moſt falſe impoſition , oft got without merit and loſt without deſeruing.

He was starting to get frustrated now, me keeping him from the Long Orbit with this nidderling triviality.

If I'm going to finish my homework by Thursday, I'd better get cracking.

Sir, it is very disquieting to read from time to time that some of our citizens, who should be promoting the welfare of this country in their hearts and in practice, are taking the currency out of this country illegally. It is equally disquieting to hear that some of our citizens may export some of the goods from this country, undervalue those goods and when they import some goods from abroad, they are over-valued with the object of keeping part of that money outside this country.