When I reflect, brother _Toby_, upon MAN; and take a view of that dark side of him which represents his life as open to so many causes of trouble--when I consider, brother _Toby_, how oft we eat the bread of affliction, and that we are born to it, as to the portion of our inheritance ------I was born to nothing, quoth my uncle _Toby_, interrupting my father--but my commission. 
'When I reflect, brother Toby, upon Man, and the many troubles he is open to - when I consider how oft we eat the bread of affliction, and that we are born to it, as to our inheritance-'
'I was born to nothing,' quoth my uncle, interrupting, 'but my commission.'
