"3. It is a companion in solitude."
"4. It affords an excuse for resting now and then from work, as if in order to take breath."
"5. It is a storehouse of reflection, and gives time for the fumes of wrath to dispense."
"B—DISADVANTAGES
"1. There is a natural tendency to hit people over the head with one's pipe in a fit of anger."[376]
"2. The pipe comes sometimes to be used for arranging the burning charcoal in the brazier."
"3. An inveterate smoker has been known to walk about among the dishes with his pipe in his mouth."
"4. People knock the ashes out of their pipes while still alight and forget to extinguish the fire."
"5. Hence clothing and mats are frequently scorched by burning tobacco ash."
"6. Smokers spit indiscriminately in braziers, foot-warmers, and kitchen fires."