To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and the Bored.
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.