Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.

He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to read more

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; read more

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also read more

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might read more

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through it!