I can never do nothing in this house!
The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
Folks as have no mind to be o' use have allays the luck to be out o' the road when there's anything to be done.
There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them - their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.
Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill every time.
It wasn't that I was stupid ... It was just that there didn't seem to be a lot to say that someone wasn't already saying.
It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
