Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.