Idleness is the parent of all psychology

Idleness is the parent of all psychology

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.

A nation rushing hastily too and fro, busily employed in idleness.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.

A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.

There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor read more

There is no remedy for time misspent;
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose very languor is a punishment
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.

For idleness is an appendix to nobility.