Attention to any subject will in a short time render it attractive, be it ever so disagreeable and tedious at first.

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading and studying useful books, you will gather a golden harvest in future years.

Nothing seems to me so likely to make people unhappy in themselves and at variance with others as the habit of killing time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time