They are a deal of trouble, and they make a place untidy and they cost a lot of money to keep; but still you would not have the house without them.
他们带来许多麻烦,把屋子弄乱,养育起来也花费不菲;可即便如此,你仍不愿家里没有他们。
— Jerome K. Jerome · The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow · On Babies —