It is not good a sleping hound to wake.

It is not good a sleping hound to wake.

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died read more

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful read more

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.

Since the Brother of Death daily haunts us with dying mementoes.

Since the Brother of Death daily haunts us with dying mementoes.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and read more

Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is
meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold,
and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all
the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the
king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is
only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I
dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very
little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in
his last sleep.

Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it read more

Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.

Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one read more

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.