I had as lief have the castle drawbridge drop upon my pate.

I had as lief be called Cadet-Cassis as Mes-Bottes, any time.

I had as lief trust the world as them any day.

Of those few, I had as lief give the list here.

I had as lieves have had a piece of stove-pipe there.

I had as lief be dead and done with it.

It's all right; I had as lief pay it now as at any other time.

I had as lief sleep on board the yacht as on shore, said Mr. Watson.

I sometimes think I had as lief go to heaven as keep on living here.

I had as lief be loved by a lion.

But Pierre had as lief commit suicide as not commit matrimony; and who would not?

The stranger hesitated, as though he had as lief the conversation was resumed by the diviner himself.

I had as lief die as not!

I had as lief trot a hundred miles on land bare-back as sit in this confounded swing for a minute.

And therefore, Sir Tristram, as for any death I dread not, for I had as lief die as to live.

But perhaps you young ladies may not care about the beaux, and had as lief be without them as with them.