Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.
The idle always have a mind to do something.
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.