I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon

I live an idle burden to the ground.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

Busy idleness urges us on.
[Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.

Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible