But still amidst their pains, they pleasure find

An ample entertainment for the mind.

But, after all, 'tis plain enough to me,

A man unstudious, must unhappy be;

Who deems a dull, inactive life the best,

A life of laziness, a life of rest;

A willing slave to sloth—and well I know,

He suffers much who nothing has to do.

His mind beclouded, he obscurely sees,

And free from busy life imagines ease.