It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

Your computer needn't be the first thing your see in the morning and the last thing you see at night.

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.

The first thing the secretary types is the boss.