The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed.