“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.”

“Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.”

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

“The idle mind knows not what it wants.”
Otioso in otio animus nescit quid velit.

“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“Slavery… dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.”

“Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find”

“Morality is the weakness of the mind.”

“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves
that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.”

“It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.”