Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience.

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience.

Benjamin Franklin and the whole idea of a new attitude to money: "Time is money." He invented that idea. Before that, time wasn't money in the same way; in the medieval age it was regarded as sinful for money to be the object of your life.

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking.

When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what happens.

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.