"Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."
Charles Dickens (2009). “The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit, Vol. I”, p.160, Cosimo, Inc.

"Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."