It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. George Borrow
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness – its opposite – never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. Miguel de Cervantes
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions. Victor Hugo
Idleness is an appendix to nobility. Robert Burton
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. Soren Kierkegaard
A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson