Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on read more

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

Sickness shows us what we are

Sickness shows us what we are

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to read more

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.

If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.

Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.