A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.Quote by Walter Bagehot about meetings, nothing, people
Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.Quote by William Emerson about conversation, water, man
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.Quote by Samuel Johnson about life
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.Quote by Samuel Johnson about poverty, man
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.Quote by Samuel Johnson about good, good luck, contentment, money
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.Quote by Khalil Gibran about knowledge