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

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

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.

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

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

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy read more

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through read more

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

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.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor