Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.

Cheerful with wisdom, with innocence gay, And calm with your joys gently glide thro' the day. The dews of the evening most carefully shun — Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.