Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.[Müßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang, aller Tugenden Krönung.]
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.[Ne rien faire est le bonheur des enfants et le malheur des vieux.]
Trouble springs from Idleness, and grievous Toil from needless Ease.
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.[L’oisiveté est le plus lourd des accablements.]
Idleness is the Dead Sea, that swallows all Virtues.
Idleness and Pride Tax with a heavier Hand then Kings and Parliaments.
Believe me, I do not like idleness, but work.
