Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. Samuel Johnson
Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle. E.V. Lucas
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, 
for he has not earned it. John Lubbock
There is a working class - strong and happy - among both rich and poor: there is an idle class - weak, wicked, and miserable - among both rich and poor. John Ruskin
If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer pride or luxury or ambition or egotism? No; I shall say indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest. Indeed, all good principles must stagnate without mental activity. Johann Georg Zimmermann
A poor idle man cannot be an honest man. Achilles Poincelot
