“He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young
“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good
“Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work