An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.
Richard CecilNothing can be proposed so wild or so absurd as not to find a party, and often a very large party to espouse it.
Richard Cecil