Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.