I don't intend to turn preachy, Dan; but you'll surely discover that the man who lets his indolence or sense of fun get away with him is much better off out of the Naval Academy.
"Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis"
H. Irving Hancock
Would you have us write preachy novels?
"Virgin Soil"
Ivan S. Turgenev
He is such an old man, very old, very sharp, very indolent, very preachy.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare